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Antonyms for incommensurable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-kuh-men-ser-uh-buh l, -sher-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn kəˈmɛn sər ə bəl, -ʃər-



Definition of incommensurable

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Middle French incommensurable or directly from Medieval Latin incommensurabilis, from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + Late Latin commensurabilis, from Latin com- "with" + mensurabilis "measurable," from mensurare "to measure" (see measure (v.)). Related: Incommensurably.
  • As in incommensurate : adj not proportional
  • As in different : adj dissimilar, unlike
  • As in diverse : adj different; various
Example sentences :
  • But that the Diagony is incommensurable unto the side it is the 116 p x.
  • Extract from : « The Way To Geometry » by Peter Ramus
  • Life introduces something indeterminate and incommensurable.
  • Extract from : « Under the Maples » by John Burroughs
  • Hats are, in their physical aspects, incommensurable with wheat.
  • Extract from : « The Value of Money » by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
  • This includes the incommensurable case, but this case may be omitted.
  • Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
  • His ideal is the extraordinary, the gigantic, the overwhelming, the incommensurable.
  • Extract from : « French Classics » by William Cleaver Wilkinson
  • The incommensurable of Pythagoras and the paradoxes of Zeno present the "no thoroughfares" of ancient mathematical thought.
  • Extract from : « Creative Intelligence » by John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
  • It is an incommensurable number which to five decimal places is equal to 2.71828.
  • Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia » by Various
  • The new gods thus far were not incommensurable with the old ones.
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Numa » by Jesse Benedict Carter
  • The two things are not merely different, they are incommensurable.
  • Extract from : « Considerations on Representative Government » by John Stuart Mill
  • Lastly, the Pythagoreans discovered the existence of incommensurable lines, or of irrationals.
  • Extract from : « Archimedes » by Thomas Little Heath

Synonyms for incommensurable

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