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Incommensurable

In′com-mĕn'su-ra-ble, a.

adjective

(-mĕn/shŭ-), a. [Prefix in, not, and commensurable; Fr. incommensurable, Sp. incommensurable, It. incommensurabile.] 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.

Ĭn′/com·mĕn′·su-ra-ble, n.

noun

n. One of two or more quantities which have no common measure.