Definitions for incommensurable
ˌɪn kəˈmɛn sər ə bəl, -ʃər-in·com·men·su·rable

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. incommensurableadjective

   impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence

2. incommensurableadjective

   not having a common factor

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. incommensurablenoun

   An incommensurable value or quantity; an irrational number.

2. incommensurableadjective

   That cannot be measured as an integer or fraction; irrational.

3. incommensurableadjective

   Not able to be measured by the same standards as another term in the context; see measurement; contrast with unmeasurable or immeasurable, each of which means not able to be measured at all, the former more generally, the latter generally due to some infinite quality of the thing being described

4. Etymology: From mediaeval incommensurabilis.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Incommensurableadjective

   Not to be reduced to any measure common to both; not to be measured together, such as that the proportion of one to the other can be told.

   Etymology: French, from in, con, and mensurabilis, Latin.

   Our disputations about vacuum or space, incommensurable quantities, the infinite divisibility of matter, and eternal duration, will lead us to see the weakness of our nature. Isaac Watts.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. incommensurable

   Two concepts or things are commensurable if they are measurable or comparable by a common standard.

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1. incommensurable

   Incommensurable is a term used to describe two or more quantities, amounts, or values that cannot be measured or compared using a common unit of measurement, or more generally, things that cannot be compared or are incomparable because they are qualitatively different. The term is often used in mathematics, philosophy, and social sciences.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Incommensurableadjective

   not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable

2. Incommensurablenoun

   one of two or more quantities which have no common measure

3. Etymology: [Pref. in- not + commensurable: cf. F. incommensurable.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Incommensurable

   in-kom-en′sū-ra-bl, adj. having no common measure.—ns. Incommensurabil′ity, Incommen′surableness.—adv. Incommen′surably.—adj. Incommen′surāte, not admitting of a common measure: not adequate: unequal.—adv. Incommen′surātely.—n. Incommen′surāteness, the state of being incommensurate.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of incommensurable in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of incommensurable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of incommensurable in a Sentence

1. Paul Feyerabend:

   Knowledge is not a series of self-consistent theories that converges toward an ideal view; it is rather an ever increasing ocean of mutually incompatible (and perhaps even incommensurable) alternatives, each single theory, each fairy tale, each myth that is part of the collection forcing the others into greater articulation and all of them contributing, via this process of competition, to the development of our consciousness.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=incommensurable
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Incommensurable
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=incommensurable
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incommensurable
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incommensurable
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=incommensurable