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

In the modern treatment by limits the proof is divided into two parts: first, for commensurable bases; and second, for incommensurable ones.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene

X. actu, in deede, are Asymmetra, incommensurable: And yet they are potenti�, by power, symmetra, commensurable, to witt by their quadrates: For the quadrate of the diagony is double to the quadrate of the side.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William

Gold and milk must be, then, commensurable quantities, i.e. must have a common quality, present in each in definite quantitative degree, before comparison is possible, or a ratio can emerge.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)