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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Incommensurable \In`com*men"su*ra*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + commensurable: cf F. incommensurable.] 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. They are quantities incommensurable. --Burke. -- {In`com*men"su*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`com*men"su*ra*bly}, adv From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Incommensurable \In`com*men"su*ra*ble\, n. One of two or more quantities which have no common measure. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: incommensurable adj 1: impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence 2: not having a common factor
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