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Incommensurable

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Adjective

1. incommensurable

impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence

2. incommensurable

not having a common factor

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Incommensurable

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adjective
1. 
incapable of being judged, measured, or considered comparatively
2. (postpositive; foll by with)
not in accordance; incommensurate
3. mathematics
a. 
(of two numbers) having an irrational ratio
b. 
not having units of the same dimension
c. 
unrelated to another measurement by integral multiples
noun
4. 
something incommensurable

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Incommensurable

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adjective
1. 
that cannot be measured or compared by the same standard or measure; without a common standard of comparison
2. 
not worthy of comparison
a statement incommensurable with truth
3. 
not being integral multiples of the same number or quantity: said of two or more numbers or quantities, as two and 3
noun
4. 
an incommensurable thing, quantity, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Incommensurable

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adj.
1.
a. Impossible to measure or compare.
b. Lacking a common quality on which to make a comparison.
2. Mathematics
a. Having no common measure or number of which all the given lengths or measures are integral multiples.
b. Having an irrational ratio.
n.
One that is incommensurable.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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