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Commensurable  adj.  Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure.
Commensurable numbers or Commensurable 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 inches.
Numbers commensurable in power, or Quantities commensurable in power, those whose squares are commensurable.






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"Commensurable" Quotes from Famous Books



... sees or the mood that colours. Here is something that may fill the skies and every waking hour or be almost completely banished from a life. It may be everything on Monday and less than nothing on Saturday. And we make our laws and rules as though in these matters all men and women were commensurable one with another, with an equal steadfast passion and an ...
— The New Machiavelli • Herbert George Wells



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