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 arithmetic he was the first to expound the theory of means and of proportion as applied to commensurable quantities.
From Archimedes Men of Science by Thomas Little Heath
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 Rudolf Otto
"Abstinence" and labor have pain as a common element, and so are commensurable.
From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson
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