commensurable : Idioms & Phrases


Commensurable numbersquantities

  • (Math.), those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36 inches.
Webster 1913

Numbers, ∨ Quantities, commensurable in power

  • those whose squares are commensurable.
Webster 1913