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com·men·su·ra·bil·i·ty
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commensurabilitynoun
The quality of being commensurable or commensurate
Etymology: From commensurabilité
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Commensurabilitynoun
Capacity of being compared with another, as to the measure; or of being measured by another. Thus an inch and a yard are commensurable, a yard containing a certain number of inches. The diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable, not being reduceable to any common measure. Proportion.
Etymology: from commensurable.
Some place the essence thereof in the proportion of parts, conceiving it to consist in a comely commensurability of the whole unto the parts, and the parts between themselves. Brown.
Wikipedia
Commensurability
Two concepts or things are commensurable if they are measurable or comparable by a common standard.
Webster Dictionary
Commensurabilitynoun
the quality of being commensurable
Etymology: [Cf. F. commensurabilit.]
Wikidata
Commensurability
In mathematics, two non-zero real numbers a and b are said to be commensurable if a/b is a rational number.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of commensurability in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of commensurability in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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