commensurable

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Difficulties have resulted from the fact that these three periods are not commensurable; that’s a fancy way of saying that one does not divide evenly into any of the others.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

The analogous is not always the same as the commensurable.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2011

The new coins are commensurable with, and in a finite ratio to, the old ones.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene

In arithmetic he was the first to expound the theory of means and of proportion as applied to commensurable quantities.

From Archimedes Men of Science by Heath, Thomas Little

The question: Are there any commensurable relations between a circle and other Geometrical figures?

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene