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

Now a quantitative ratio is between commensurable quantities.

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

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

I wish to know of all your treasonable doings so as to make your punishment commensurable with your merits.”

From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster