Commensurable

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to be measured using a common standard.

    "A yard and a foot are commensurable, as both may be measured by inches."

  2. 2
    Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate.
  3. 3
    (of two or more numbers) Divisible by the same number ᵂᴾ

    "The numbers 12 and 18 are commensurable, as both are divisible by 6, while 12 and 19 are incommensurable."

Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of being measured by a common standard wordnet

Synonyms

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commensurateanalogouscomparablecomparativecorrelativeequal

Example

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"This great feat needs a commensurable prize."

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Latin commensurabilis (“having a common measure”) in 1550s, from Latin com- (“with”) + mensurabilis (“measurable”). Equivalent to com- + mensurable.

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