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in⋅com⋅men⋅su⋅ra⋅ble

  [in-kuh-men-ser-uh-buhl, -sher-]
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–adjective
1. not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
2. utterly disproportionate.
3. Mathematics. (of two or more quantities) having no common measure.
–noun
4. something that is incommensurable.
5. Mathematics. one of two or more incommensurable quantities.
Origin:
1550–60; < LL incommēnsūrābilis. See in- 3 , commensurable

Related forms:
in⋅com⋅men⋅su⋅ra⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅com⋅men⋅su⋅ra⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅com⋅men⋅su⋅ra⋅bly, adverb
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in·com·men·su·ra·ble   (ĭn'kə-měn'sər-ə-bəl, -shər-)   
adj.  

    1. Impossible to measure or compare.

    2. Lacking a common quality on which to make a comparison.

    3. Having no common measure or number of which all the given lengths or measures are integral multiples.

    4. Having an irrational ratio.

  2. Mathematics

    1. Having no common measure or number of which all the given lengths or measures are integral multiples.

    2. Having an irrational ratio.

n.  One that is incommensurable.
in'com·men'su·ra·bil'i·ty n., in'com·men'su·ra·bly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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