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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Commensurable \Com*men"su*ra*ble\, a. [L. commensurabilis pref. com- + mensurable. See {Commensurate}, and cf {Commeasurable}.] Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure. -- {Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness}, n. {Commensurable numbers} or {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}, or {Quantities}, {commensurable in power}, those whose squares are commensurable. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: commensurable adj : able to be measured by a common standard; "hours and minutes are commensurable"
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