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incommensurable

[ in-kuh-men-ser-uh-buhl, -sher- ]

adjective

  1. not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
  2. utterly disproportionate.
  3. Mathematics. (of two or more quantities) having no common measure.


noun

  1. something that is incommensurable.
  2. Mathematics. one of two or more incommensurable quantities.

incommensurable

/ ˌɪ԰əˈɛʃəəə /

adjective

  1. incapable of being judged, measured, or considered comparatively
  2. postpositivefoll bywith not in accordance; incommensurate
  3. maths
    1. (of two numbers) having an irrational ratio
    2. not having units of the same dimension
    3. unrelated to another measurement by integral multiples
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. something incommensurable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԳdzˌԲܰˈٲ, noun
  • ˌԳdzˈԲܰ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • cdz·ȴ··i·ٲ cdz·s···Ա noun
  • cdz·s·· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of incommensurable1

From the Late Latin word ԳdzŧԲū, dating back to 1550–60. See in- 3, commensurable
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Over and over, videos emerged, revealing how often police narratives were incommensurable with what actually happened.

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It would be naive not to acknowledge that there is an incommensurable issue at the base of all of this.

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In fact, no matter how tiny you make the bits, it is impossible to choose a common yardstick that will measure both the side and the diagonal perfectly: the diagonal is incommensurable with the side.

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As a consequence of the vanishing point, artists found themselves living simultaneously in two incommensurable worlds.

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As the late philosopher Lawrence Becker proclaimed, “autonomous human lives have a dignity that is immeasurable, incommensurable, infinite, beyond price.”

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