incommensurable


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
incommensurable /ˌɪnkəˈmɛnʃ(ə)rəb(ə)l, -sjə-/
adjective
  • 1 not able to be judged or measured by the same standards; having no common standard.
  • 2 Mathematics (of numbers) in a ratio that cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers.
noun an incommensurable quantity.
– derivatives
incommensurability noun,
incommensurably adverb.
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