commensurate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/    /kəˈmɛnsəɹət/|/kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To reduce to a common measure. obsolete
    — For that division is not naturally founded, but artificially set down, and by agreement, as the aptest terms to define or commensurate the longitude of places.
  2. To proportionate; to adjust. obsolete
    — The rare temper and proportion, which the Church of England useth in commensurating the Forms of Absolution to the degrees of preparation and necessity, is to be observed
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.
    — commensurate punishments
  2. Describing a crystal in which every atom or molecule is placed in the same relative position
  3. Describing two numbers within the same Archimedean class, so that neither is infinitely larger than the other.
    — Crucially, every positive surreal number is commensurate with exactly one ω-power, in the following sense.

词形变化

more commensurate comparative most commensurate superlative commensurates present,singular,third-person commensurating participle,present commensurated participle,past commensurated past

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1641; borrowed from Late Latin commēnsūrātus, from com- (“together, with”) + mēnsūrātus, perfect passive participle of mēnsūrō (“to measure, to estimate”), (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin mēnsūra (“measure”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
词源 2
First attested in 1641; borrowed from Late Latin commēnsūrātus, from com- (“together, with”) + mēnsūrātus, perfect passive participle of mēnsūrō (“to measure, to estimate”), (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin mēnsūra (“measure”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
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