incommensurable

incommensurable
incommensurability, incommensurableness, n.incommensurably, adv.
/in'keuh men"seuhr euh beuhl, -sheuhr-/, adj.
1. not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
2. utterly disproportionate.
3. Math. (of two or more quantities) having no common measure.
n.
4. something that is incommensurable.
5. Math. one of two or more incommensurable quantities.
[1550-60; < LL incommensurabilis. See IN-3, COMMENSURABLE]

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  • incommensurable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not able to be judged or measured by the same standards. 2) Mathematics (of numbers) in a ratio that cannot be expressed by means of integers. DERIVATIVES incommensurability noun …   English terms dictionary

  • incommensurable — adj., qui n a pas de commune mesure : k sè di pâ (awé ...) <qui ne se dit pas (avec...)>, k sè dyon pa <qui ne se disent pas>, k tonbon zhamé justo <qui ne tombent jamais juste> (Albanais.001). Fra. Le périmètre du cercle est… …   Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • INCOMMENSURABLE — adj. des deux genres T. d’Arithmétique et de Géométrie Qui n’a point de commune mesure, en parlant de Deux quantités. La racine carrée de 2 est incommensurable avec l’unité. Le côté d’un carré et sa diagonale sont incommensurables. La… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

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