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

Conversation, as we know, denotes an interchange of commensurable meanings.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton

He said he could not compare any sum of money with imprisonment—they were not commensurable quantities.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

But the motives to action are, like the physical forces, commensurable.

From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Stephen, Leslie, Sir