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Commensurable vs. Commeasurable — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Commensurable and Commeasurable

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Commensurable

Measurable by a common standard.

Commeasurable

Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional.

Commensurable

Commensurate; proportionate.

Commeasurable

Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional.
She being now removed by death, a commeasurable grief took as full possession of him as joy had done.

Commensurable

(Mathematics) Exactly divisible by the same unit an integral number of times. Used of two quantities.
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Commensurable

Able to be measured using a common standard.
A yard and a foot are commensurable, as both may be measured by inches.

Commensurable

Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate.

Commensurable

(mathematics) (of two or more numbers) Divisible by the same number [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commensurability_%28mathematics%29 WP]
The numbers 12 and 18 are commensurable, as both are divisible by 6, while 12 and 19 are incommensurable.

Commensurable

Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure.

Commensurable

Able to be measured by a common standard;
Hours and minutes are commensurable
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