commensurable : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: commensurable	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for commensurable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
commensurable adj capable of being measured by a common standard; "hours and minutes are commensurable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commensurable \Commen"surable\, a. [L. commensurabilis; pref. com- + mensurable. See {Commensurate}, and cf. {Commeasurable}.] Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure. -- {Commen"surableness}, n. {Commensurable* numbers} [or] {quantities} (Math.), those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36 inches. {Numbers}, [or] {Quantities}, {commensurable in power}, those whose squares are commensurable.