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exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure. -- Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n. Commensurable numbers or quantities (Math.), those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36 inche…

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. They are q…

The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between sq. root2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.

Incommensurable; also, unsymmetrical. [Obs.] D. H. More.

Incommensurable. [Obs.]

Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square).

In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.

Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.

The quality or state of being incommensurable. Reid.

Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable.

Not capable of exact division, as one quantity by another; incommensurable.

Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio. The term also includes any imaginary expression like m + nsq. root-1, where m and n are real numerics.

Commensurable; symmetrical. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Having a common measure; commensurable.