incommensurable

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪnkəˈmɛnʃ(ə)ɹəbəl/|/ɪnkəˈmɛnsjʊəɹəbəl/    美 /ɪn.kəˈmɛnt͡ʃ.ɹə.bəl/|/ɪn.kəˈmɛn(t).sə.ɹə.bəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An incommensurable value or quantity; an irrational number.
    — Unfortunately for Pythagoras, his theorem led at once to the discovery of incommensurables, which appeared to disprove his whole philosophy.
形容词 adj.
  1. having a ratio that is not expressible as a fraction of two integers.
    — The side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable.
  2. having no common integer divisor except 1.
  3. Not able to be measured by the same standards as another term in the context.

词形变化

more incommensurable comparative most incommensurable superlative incommensurables plural

词汇关系

衍生词
incommensurability incommensurableness incommensurably
相关词
coprime incommensurate relatively prime

词源

词源 1
From Middle French incommensurable, from Medieval Latin incommensurabilis.
Its full etymology is equivalent to that of in- + commensurable.
词源 2
From Middle French incommensurable, from Medieval Latin incommensurabilis.
Its full etymology is equivalent to that of in- + commensurable.
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