incommensurable

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French incommensurable, from Medieval Latin incommensurabilis. Its full etymology is equivalent to that of in- + commensurable. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnkəˈmɛnʃ(ə)ɹəbəl/, /ɪnkəˈmɛnsjʊəɹəbəl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪn.kəˈmɛnt͡ʃ.ɹə.bəl/, /ɪn.kəˈmɛn(t).sə.ɹə.bəl/, /ɪn.kəˈmɛn(t).sə.ɹə.bəl/ === Adjective === incommensurable (comparative more incommensurable, superlative most incommensurable) (mathematics, of two real numbers) having a ratio that is not expressible as a fraction of two integers. (mathematics, of two integers) having no common integer divisor except 1. Not able to be measured by the same standards as another term in the context. ==== Usage notes ==== The term contrasts with unmeasurable and immeasurable in that both mean "not able to be measured at all", with the latter generally being because of some infinite quality of the thing being described. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== coprime incommensurate relatively prime ==== Translations ==== === Noun === incommensurable (plural incommensurables) An incommensurable value or quantity; an irrational number. === Further reading === “incommensurable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “incommensurable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “incommensurable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin incommēnsūrābilis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kɔ.mɑ̃.sy.ʁabl/ === Adjective === incommensurable (plural incommensurables) (mathematics) incommensurable immeasurable Synonym: immense ==== Derived terms ==== incommensurablement === Further reading === “incommensurable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012