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Where does “incommensurable” come from?

Incommensurable comes from Middle French incommensurable, from Medieval Latin incommensurabilis, meaning not measurable by a common standard.

incommensurable (English): Of two real numbers, such that their ratio is not...

Definitions

  1. Of two real numbers, such that their ratio is not...

Ancestry of “incommensurable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchincommensurable—
2Medieval Latinincommensurabilis—

Words derived from “incommensurable”

  • incommensurably
  • incommensurableness
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