Incommensurable

[,inkә'menʃәrәbl]

Definition

(adj.) not having a common factor .

(adj.) impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence .

Edited by Amber--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) 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.

(n.) One of two or more quantities which have no common measure.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Without a common measure.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

[See COMMENSURATE]

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Definition

adj. having no common measure.—ns. Incommensurabil′ity Incommen′surableness.—adv. Incommen′surably.—adj. Incommen′surāte not admitting of a common measure: not adequate: unequal.—adv. Incommen′surātely.—n. Incommen′surāteness the state of being incommensurate.

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