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Incommensurable
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
One of two or more quantities which have no common measure.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (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. They are quantities incommensurable. Burke. -- In`com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n. -- In`com*men"su*ra*bly, adv.