commensurable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   in mathematics, measurable by the same unit without a fractional remainder; having a rational ratio

   A length of two meters and one of three meters are commensurable because one meter measures both exactly.

2. 2
   adj

   capable of being compared or judged by a common standard

   The two risks are not directly commensurable because they are measured in different ways.

From Late Latin commensurabilis ("having a common measure"), formed from com- ("together") + mensurabilis ("measurable"), from Latin mensura ("measure").

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