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

This is usually proved first for the commensurable case and then for the incommensurable one.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene

It is a little easier to start with the hexagon, however, for we are already nearer the circle, and the side and perimeter are both commensurable with the radius.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene

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 Smith, David Eugene