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incommensurable

 
Dictionary: In·com·men·su·ra·ble

a.

[Pref. in- not + commensurable: cf. F. incommensurable.]
Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable.

They are quantities incommensurable.
Burke.

-- In·com·men·su·ra·ble·ness, n. -- In·com·men·su·ra·bly, adv.

In·com·men·su·ra·ble
n.

One of two or more quantities which have no common measure.


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