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INCOMMENSURABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does incommensurable mean?
• INCOMMENSURABLE (adjective)
The adjective INCOMMENSURABLE has 2 senses:
1. impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence
2. not having a common factor
Familiarity information: INCOMMENSURABLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence
Similar:
incomparable; uncomparable (such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not having a common factor
Similar:
incommensurate (not corresponding in size or degree or extent)
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