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

It may be that they can neither be demonstrated nor made mechanically commensurable, but lie in the impenetrable mystery inherent in all life.

From Naturalism And Religion by Otto, Rudolf

Consequently π2 cannot be commensurable: that is, π is an incommensurable quantity, and so also is π2.

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