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   commensurable

   /kəˈmɛnʃ(ə)rəb(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. measurable by the same standard: "the finite is not commensurable with the infinite"
   • 2. proportionate to. rare
   • 3. (of numbers) in a ratio equal to a ratio of integers.

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from late Latin commensurabilis, from com- ‘together’ + mensurabilis, from mensurare ‘to measure’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. commensurability noun
   • 2. commensurably adverb

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