Definition of INCOMMENSURABLE

incommensurable

Meanings

Plural: incommensurables

Adjective Satellite

  • impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence
  • not having a common factor

Adj

  • having a ratio that is not expressible as a fraction of two integers.
  • having no common integer divisor except 1.
  • Not able to be measured by the same standards as another term in the context.

Noun

  • An incommensurable value or quantity; an irrational number.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French incommensurable, from Medieval Latin incommensurabilis.
Its full etymology is equivalent to that of in- + commensurable.

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