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incommensurability
Variant of incommensurable
adjective
- that cannot be measured or compared by the same standard or measure; without a common standard of comparison
- not worthy of comparison: a statement incommensurable with truth
- not being integral multiples of the same number or quantity: said of two or more numbers or quantities, as two and
noun
an incommensurable thing, quantity, etc.
Related Forms:
- incommensurability noun
- incommensurably adverb
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