commensurable

About 0.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Able to be measured using a common standard.

   A yard and a foot are commensurable, as both may be measured by inches.

2. adjective Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate.

   His salary is commensurable to his ability.

3. adjective (of two or more numbers) Divisible by the same number

   The numbers 12 and 18 are commensurable, as both are divisible by 6, while 12 and 19 are incommensurable.

Similar words

commensurate commeasurable mensurable measurable standardizable equatable meterable intercomparable dimensionable comparable

Often followed by

with in and to or magnitudes quantities units by

Word family

commensurabilities commensurability commensurably