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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
commensurable
    adj 1: capable of being measured by a common standard; "hours
           and minutes are commensurable"
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Commensurable \Com*men"su*ra*ble\, a. [L. commensurabilis; pref.
   com- + mensurable. See Commensurate, and cf.
   Commeasurable.]
   Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by
   the same number, quantity, or measure. --
   Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]

   Commensurable numbers or Commensurable quantities
      (Math.), those that can be exactly expressed by some
      common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since
      both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12
      inches, the other 36 inches.

   Numbers commensurable in power, or Quantities
   commensurable in power, those whose squares are
      commensurable.
      [1913 Webster]
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