What is the meaning of Incommensurable?

  • (a.) Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable.
  • (n.) One of two or more quantities which have no common measure.
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APAWebster's. (2011). incommensurable. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/incommensurable/definitions/2020344
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HarvardWebster's 2011, incommensurable, Smart Define, viewed 22 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/incommensurable/definitions/2020344>.
MLAWebster's. "incommensurable" 27 May 2011. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/incommensurable/definitions/2020344>
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