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Meaning of incommensurable

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

incommensurable

Pronunciation:/ɪnkəˈmɛnsjʊəɹəbəl/

noun

Definitions

  1. An incommensurable value or quantity; an irrational number.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of two real numbers, such that their ratio is not a fraction of two integers.

  2. (arithmetics) Of two integers, having no common integer divisor except 1.

  3. Not able to be measured by the same standards as another term in the context.

    Example: The side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable.