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Commensurable meaning

  1. Able to be measured using a common standard.
  2. Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate.
  3. (of two or more numbers) Divisible by the same number ᵂᴾ

Synonyms of Commensurable

commensurate

Related words

Other words often associated with Commensurable or its synonyms:

equal corresponding coterminous coextensive proportionate conterminous

Using Commensurable

  • The main meaning on this page is: Able to be measured using a common standard. | Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate. | (of two or more numbers) Divisible by the same number ᵂᴾ
  • Useful related words include: commensurate.
  • In the example corpus, commensurable often appears in combinations such as: are commensurable.

Context around Commensurable

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

across 1× real 1×

Sentence patterns with Commensurable

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

is not commensurable across people 1× must be commensurable or have 1× numbers or commensurable real numbers 1× that are commensurable have the 1× theories are commensurable i e 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

incommensurability did not 1× others have said 1× physical quantities that 1× thus dimensional analysis 1× using thomae s 1×

Common sentence endings:

commensurable real numbers 1× out either theory 1× the same dimensions 1× units of measure 1× utility is impossible 1×

Words around Commensurable

Just before it in the word index:

commensally 2 commensalism 2 commensal 13 commends 50 commending 114 commended 1.288

Just after it in the word index:

commensurate 92 commensurately 5 comment 8.556 commentaires 2 commentariat 12 commentaries 196

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Commensurable

  • In this selection, "commensurable" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, across and real stand out and add context to how "commensurable" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include is not commensurable across people and must be commensurable or have. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "commensurable" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with commensurable

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Using Thomae's function f, : which generalizes to a and b rational numbers or commensurable real numbers. (17 words)

Others have said that pleasure is not commensurable across people with varying identities and thus the idea of aggregating utility is impossible. (22 words)

Thus, dimensional analysis may be used as a sanity check of physical equations: the two sides of any equation must be commensurable or have the same dimensions. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

Incommensurability did not concern Feyerabend greatly, because he believed that even when theories are commensurable (i.e. can be compared), the outcome of the comparison should not necessarily rule out either theory. (32 words)

Physical quantities that are commensurable have the same dimension and can be directly compared to each other, even if they are originally expressed in differing units of measure. (28 words)

Thus, dimensional analysis may be used as a sanity check of physical equations: the two sides of any equation must be commensurable or have the same dimensions. (27 words)

Example sentences (5)

Incommensurability did not concern Feyerabend greatly, because he believed that even when theories are commensurable (i.e. can be compared), the outcome of the comparison should not necessarily rule out either theory.

Others have said that pleasure is not commensurable across people with varying identities and thus the idea of aggregating utility is impossible.

Physical quantities that are commensurable have the same dimension and can be directly compared to each other, even if they are originally expressed in differing units of measure.

Thus, dimensional analysis may be used as a sanity check of physical equations: the two sides of any equation must be commensurable or have the same dimensions.

Using Thomae's function f, : which generalizes to a and b rational numbers or commensurable real numbers.

Common combinations with commensurable

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "commensurable" in a sentence?
An example: "Incommensurability did not concern Feyerabend greatly, because he believed that even when theories are commensurable (i.e. can be compared), the outcome of the comparison should not necessarily rule out either theory." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "commensurable" from authentic English texts.
What does "commensurable" mean?
Commensurable means: Able to be measured using a common standard.
What are synonyms of "commensurable"?
Common synonyms of "commensurable" include: commensurate.
How many example sentences with "commensurable" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "commensurable", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.