commensurable

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Able to be measured using a common standard.
    — A yard and a foot are commensurable, as both may be measured by inches.
  2. Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate.
    — His salary is commensurable to his ability.
  3. (of two or more numbers) Divisible by the same number ᵂᴾ
    — The numbers 12 and 18 are commensurable, as both are divisible by 6, while 12 and 19 are incommensurable.

词形变化

more commensurable comparative most commensurable superlative

词源

Borrowed from Late Latin Latin commensurabilis (“having a common measure”) in 1550s, from Latin com- (“with”) + mensurabilis (“measurable”). Equivalent to com- + mensurable.
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