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 there can be no such unlimited succession of descending integers: consequently, it is impossible that a/b+ c/d+, etc. can have a commensurable limit.

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

"Abstinence" and labor have pain as a common element, and so are commensurable.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

Although the reports are more explicit, they are still couched in general terms, and not commensurable.

From Adenoids and Diseased Tonsils Their Effect on General Intelligence by Rogers, Margaret Cobb