- incommensurability
- noun see incommensurable
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
incommensurability
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Incommensurability — In com*men su*ra*bil i*ty, n. [Cf. F. incommensurabilit[ e].] The quality or state of being incommensurable. Reid. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
incommensurability — index difference, disparity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
incommensurability — (n.) 1560s; see INCOMMENSURABLE (Cf. incommensurable) + ITY (Cf. ity) … Etymology dictionary
incommensurability — incommensurable ► ADJECTIVE 1) not able to be judged or measured by the same standards. 2) Mathematics (of numbers) in a ratio that cannot be expressed by means of integers. DERIVATIVES incommensurability noun … English terms dictionary
incommensurability — |in+ noun Etymology: probably from Middle French incommensurableté, from Medieval Latin incommensurabilitat , incommensurabilitas, from Late Latin incommensurabilis + Latin itat , itas ity : the quality or state of being incommensurable a genuine … Useful english dictionary
incommensurability — See incommensurable. * * * … Universalium
incommensurability — noun The property of being incommensurable … Wiktionary
incommensurability — Measurement requires common units of measurement along a single continuum or scale for comparing ‘objects’. If these requirements are not met then the apparent measurements are said to be incommensurable … Dictionary of sociology
incommensurability — n. quality of being not commensurable; condition of being uncomparable; incapability of being measured opposite a common criterion … English contemporary dictionary
incommensurability — in·commensurability … English syllables
