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The meaning of Incommensurable

Incommensurable – definition

adjective

Not able to be judged by the same standards; having no common standard of measurement.

Usage examples:

The two types of science are incommensurable and thus cannot be integrated
adjective

(of numbers) in a ratio that cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers.

Usage examples:

Book five lays out the work of eudoxus on proportion applied to commensurable and incommensurable m…
noun

An incommensurable quantity.

Usage examples:

Anaxagoras and the followers of pythagoras, with their development of incommensurables, are also th…
adjective

Not able to be compared or judged by the same measure or standard

Usage examples:

The two theories are incommensurable, making any attempt at comparison across disciplines ridiculou…

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不可通约

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Onvergelijkbaar, Onmeetbaar

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Incommensurable

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Inkommensurabel, Nicht vergleichbar, Nicht zu vergleichend

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तारतम्यहीन, अतुलनीय, बेडौल, असममाप्‍य, विषममाप्‍य, अपरिमेय, करणीगत

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Incommensurabile

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비교할 수 없는, 같은 표준으로 잴 수 없는

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Несоизмеримый, Несоразмерный, Диспропорциональный, Непропорциональный

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Inconmensurable

Word origin

mid 16th century (in the mathematical sense): from late Latin incommensurabilis, from in- ‘not’ + commensurabilis (see commensurable).

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Incommensurable – similar words

incommensurate

adjective

Out of keeping or proportion with.

Usage examples:

Man's influence on the earth's surface seems incommensurate with his scale
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