commensurable
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Difficulties have resulted from the fact that these three periods are not commensurable; that’s a fancy way of saying that one does not divide evenly into any of the others.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
The analogous is not always the same as the commensurable.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2011
He is a living truth and true life, therefore Christ is the adequate object of the soul, commensurable to all its faculties.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
In the modern treatment by limits the proof is divided into two parts: first, for commensurable bases; and second, for incommensurable ones.
From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith
This is usually proved first for the commensurable case and then for the incommensurable one.
From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith
