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Synonyms for commensurable
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : kuh-men-ser-uh-buh l, -sher-uh- |
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈmɛn sər ə bəl, -ʃər ə- |
Définition of commensurable
Origin :- 1550s, from Late Latin commensurabilis "having a common measure," from com- "together with" (see com-) + Latin mensurabilis "that can be measured," from mensurare "to measure," from mensura "measure" (see measure (v.)).
- adj proportional
- But the motives to action are, like the physical forces, commensurable.
- Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen
- "Abstinence" and labor have pain as a common element, and so are commensurable.
- Extract from : « The Value of Money » by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
- In arithmetic he was the first to expound the theory of means and of proportion as applied to commensurable quantities.
- Extract from : « Archimedes » by Thomas Little Heath
- In order that the punishments of different classes of crime may be proportional, the punishments should be commensurable.
- Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen
- He said he could not compare any sum of money with imprisonment—they were not commensurable quantities.
- Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) » by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
- Commensurable, kom-en′sū-ra-bl, adj. having a common measure.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
- This is usually proved first for the commensurable case and then for the incommensurable one.
- Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
- Not that crimes and jests are commensurable or approximable; but they are before the same judge.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 » by Various
- Since the fraction is infinite it cannot be commensurable and therefore its value is a quadratic surd number.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 » by Various
- These results were given by Lambert, and used by him to prove that π and π incommensurable, and also any commensurable power of e.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 » by Various
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