Part 2148

<h1>Commensurability</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*men`su*ra*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>commensurabilite</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being commersurable.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Commensurable</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*men"su*ra*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>commensurabilis</ets>; pref. <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>mensurable</ets>. See <er>Commensurate</er>, and cf. <er>Commeasurable</er>.]</ety> <def>Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<cs><mcol><col>Commensurable numbers</col> &or; <col>quantities</col></mcol> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot and yard are <i>commensurable<i>, since both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36 inches.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Numbers</col>, &or; <col>Quantities</col>, <col>commensurable in power</col></mcol>, <cd>those whose squares are commensurable.</cd></cs>

<h1>Commensurably</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*men"su*ra*bly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.</def>

<h1>Commensurate</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*men"su*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Commensurated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Commensurating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>mensurate</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To reduce to a common measure.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To proportionate; to adjust.</def>

<i>T. Puller</i>

<h1>Commensurate</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*men"su*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; <as>as, <ex>commensurate</ex> quantities</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.</def>

<blockquote>Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a hapiness <b>commensurate</b> to their duration. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Commensurately</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*men"su*rate*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate; adequately.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>With equal measure or extent.</def>

<i>Goodwin.</i>

<h1>Commensurateness</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*men"su*rate*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being commensurate.</def>

<i>Foster.</i>

<h1>Commensuration</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*men`su*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>commensuration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate.</def>

<blockquote>All fitness lies in a particular <b>commensuration</b>, or proportion of one thing to another. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Comment</h1> <Xpage=284>