commensurability
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(kə-mĕn′sər-ə-bəl, -shər-)adj.
1. Measurable by a common standard.
2. Commensurate; proportionate.
3. Mathematics Exactly divisible by the same unit an integral number of times. Used of two quantities.
[Late Latin commēnsūrābilis : Latin com-, com- + mēnsūrābilis, measurable (from mēnsūrāre, to measure; see commensurate).]
com·men′su·ra·bil′i·ty n.
com·men′su·ra·bly adv.
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