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incommensurable
[in-kuh-men-ser-uh-buhl, -sher-]
adjective
not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
utterly disproportionate.
Mathematics.(of two or more quantities) having no common measure.
noun
something that is incommensurable.
Mathematics.one of two or more incommensurable quantities.
incommensurable
/ ˌɪəˈɛʃəəə /
adjective
incapable of being judged, measured, or considered comparatively
not in accordance; incommensurate
maths
(of two numbers) having an irrational ratio
not having units of the same dimension
unrelated to another measurement by integral multiples
noun
something incommensurable
Other Word Forms
- incommensurability noun
- incommensurableness noun
- incommensurably adverb
- ˌԳdzˌԲܰˈٲ noun
- ˌԳdzˈԲܰ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of incommensurable1
Example Sentences
Over and over, videos emerged, revealing how often police narratives were incommensurable with what actually happened.
It would be naive not to acknowledge that there is an incommensurable issue at the base of all of this.
In fact, no matter how tiny you make the bits, it is impossible to choose a common yardstick that will measure both the side and the diagonal perfectly: the diagonal is incommensurable with the side.
As a consequence of the vanishing point, artists found themselves living simultaneously in two incommensurable worlds.
As the late philosopher Lawrence Becker proclaimed, “autonomous human lives have a dignity that is immeasurable, incommensurable, infinite, beyond price.”
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