incommensurability en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɪŋkəˌmɛnʃʊɹəˈbɪlɪti/
Etymology
Etymology tree English incommensurable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English incommensurability From incommensurable + -ity.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being incommensurable.
[…] I therefore think, Sarah, that the incommensurability of the crime with the effect, completely warrants the supersaliency of this noctivagant delinquent.
1823, James Hogg, “Peril Second. Leasing. Circle II.”, in The Three Perils of Woman; or, Love, Leasing, and Jealousy. […], volume III, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […], →OCLC, page 91:
Synonyms
Translations (12)
gl inconmensurabilidade (state or characteristic of being incommensurable) · pt incomensurabilidade (state or characteristic of being incommensurable) · sv inkommensurabilitet (state or characteristic of being incommensurable) · cmn 不可比性 (state or characteristic of being incommensurable) · cmn 不可通約性 /不可通约性 (state or characteristic of being incommensurable) · es incomensurabilidad (state or characteristic of being incommensurable) · cmn 不可公度性 (state or characteristic of being incommensurable) · ca incommensurabilitat (state or characteristic of being incommensurable) · de Inkommensurabilität (state or characteristic of being incommensurable) · fr incommensurabilité (state or characteristic of being incommensurable) · cs nesouměřitelnost (state or characteristic of being incommensurable) · fi yhteismitattomuus (state or characteristic of being incommensurable)