incommensurable

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/ɪnkəˈmɛnsjʊəɹəbəl/ English

Definitions

noun

An incommensurable value or quantity; an irrational number.

adjective

Of two real numbers, such that their ratio is not a fraction of two integers.
(arithmetics) Of two integers, having no common integer divisor except 1.
Not able to be measured by the same standards as another term in the context.“The side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable.”

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Synonyms

incomparable uncomparable incommensurate immense tremendous immeasurable irrational incongruous heterogeneous commensurable incongruent uncountable rational indivisible equivalent inapproximable

Associated

paradigms paradigm conceptual quantities lengths magnitude theories ratio measure concept

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