incommensurable
pronunciation
How to pronounce incommensurable in British English:
UK [ˌɪnkəˈmenʃərəbl]
How to pronounce incommensurable in American English:
US [ˌɪnkəˈmɛnsərəbəl, -ʃə-]
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- Adjective:
- impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence
- not having a common factor
Word Origin
- incommensurable (adj.)
- 1550s, from Middle French incommensurable or directly from Medieval Latin incommensurabilis, from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + Late Latin commensurabilis, from Latin com- "with" + mensurabilis "measurable," from mensurare "to measure" (see measure (v.)). Related: Incommensurably.
Example
- 1. Train and human life are incommensurable .
- 2. An explanation incommensurable with the facts .
- 3. Modern society , basic goods , incommensurable , self-evident .
- 4. Safety is not the only area in which managers are required to balance incompatible and incommensurable factors .
- 5. Comparing one good with another is , we usually say , impossible because goods are incommensurable .