Commeasurable
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Commensurate; proportional. not-comparable
"She being now removed by death, a commeasurable grief took as full possession of him as joy had done."
- 2 Synonym of comeasurable. not-comparable
"The square Root of a mix'd Number that is commeasurable to its Root, is thus found out, viz. reduce the mix'd Number to an inproper Frađion, and then extract the square Root of the Numerator, and the square Root of the Denominator, for a new Numerator, and a new Denominator, as in the last Rule."
- 3 Capable of being measured. not-comparable
"Can we not conceive that the Deity has expressly created us, to manage for his own good purpose that which is exhibited according to measured, appreciable rules; —in a word, the purely commeasurable, just as we, in our turn build saw-mills and spinning machines,as the mechanical superintendents of our wants?"
Synonyms
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More examples"She being now removed by death, a commeasurable grief took as full possession of him as joy had done."
Etymology
Compare commensurable.
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