adjective · rare

commensurable

commensurable · more commensurable · most commensurable

соизмеримый, сопоставимый, сравнимый, одного порядка

kommensurabel

Able to be measured using a common standardAble to be measured using a common standard.

» This great feat needs a commensurable prize.

Meaning

3 senses

Able to be measured using a common standard.
A yard and a foot are commensurable, as both may be measured by inches.
kommensurabel
соизмери́мыйsoizmerímyj, сопостави́мыйsopostavímyj, сравни́мыйsravnímyj
capable of being measured by a common standard
Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate.
His salary is commensurable to his ability.
(of two or more numbers) Divisible by the same number ᵂᴾ
The numbers 12 and 18 are commensurable, as both are divisible by 6, while 12 and 19 are incommensurable.
взаи́мно просты́еvzaímno prostýje

Examples

1 sentences

This great feat needs a commensurable prize.
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Translations

2 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

able to be measured using a common standard:

divisible by same number:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

able to be measured using a common standard:

Origin

Borrowed from Late Latin Latin commensurabilis (“having a common measure”) in 1550s, from

Borrowed from Late Latin Latin commensurabilis (“having a common measure”) in 1550s, from Latin com- (“with”) + mensurabilis (“measurable”). Equivalent to com- + mensurable.

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