commensurable

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kəˈmɛnsərəbəl/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kə mensər ə bəl, -shər ə-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
com•men•su•ra•ble  (kə mensər ə bəl, -shər ə-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. having the same measure or divisor:The numbers 6 and 9 are commensurable since they are divisible by 3.
  2. suitable in measure;
    proportionate.
  • Late Latin commēnsūrābilis, equivalent. to Latin com- com- + mēnsūrābilis (equivalent. to mēnsūrā(re) (see commensurate) + -bilis -ble)
  • 1550–60
com•men′su•ra•bili•ty, com•mensu•ra•ble•ness, n. 
com•mensu•ra•bly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
commensurable / kəˈmɛnsərəbəl -ʃə-/
  1. having a common factor
  2. having units of the same dimensions and being related by whole numbers
  3. well-proportioned; proportionate
comˌmensuraˈbilitycomˈmensurably
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