incommensurable
incommensurable is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.One of two or more quantities which have no common measure.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ablude
- all
- alteration
- and
- another
- apart
- apple
- change
- characteristic
- color
- contradistinction
- contrast
- daedal
- delicate
- differ
- difference
- different
- differentia
- differently
- disagreement
- discriminate
- discrimination
- discriminative
- disparity
- dissimilar
- dissimilarity
- distinction
- distinctive
- distinguishable
- distinguishing
- divaricate
- divers
- diverse
- diversified
- diversity
- else
- fine
- heterogeneous
- horse
- incommensurate
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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