commensurable

English

Adjective

commensurable (comparative more commensurable, superlative most commensurable)

Able to be measured using a common standard.
A yard and a foot are commensurable, as both may be measured by inches.
Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate.
(mathematics) (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.

Antonyms

incommensurable

Translations

able to be measured using a common standard

Czech: souměřitelný m
Finnish: yhteismitallinen (fi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sammenlignbar (no)

Russian: соизмери́мый (ru) (soizmerímyj), сопостави́мый (ru) (sopostavímyj), сравни́мый (ru) (sravnímyj), одного порядка (odnovó porjádka)

related in size or scale

Finnish: yhteismitallinen (fi)

divisible by same number

Czech: soudělný m
Finnish: jaollinen samalla luvulla

Russian: взаи́мно (vzaímno) простые (vzaímno prostýje)
Swedish: kommensurabel (sv) c

French

Adjective

commensurable (plural commensurables)

(mathematics) commensurable

Synonyms

mesurable

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