Part 5697

<hw>In"com`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who comes in.</def>

<blockquote>Outgoers and <b>incomers</b>. <i>Lew Wallace.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who succeeds another, as a tenant of land, houses, etc.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Incoming</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In"com`ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Coming in; accruing.</def>

<blockquote>A full <b>incoming</b> profit on the product of his labor. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Coming in, succeeding, or following, as occupant or possessor; <as>as, in <ex>incoming</ex> tenant</as>.</def>

<h1>Incoming</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In"com`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of coming in; arrival.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>incomings</b> and outgoings of the trains. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Income; gain.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Many <b>incomings</b> are subject to great fluctuations. <i>Tooke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incomity</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In*com"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of comity; incivility; rudeness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>In commendam</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In com*men"dam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[See <er>Commendam</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>See <er>Commendam</er>, and <cref>Partnership in Commendam</cref>, under <er>Partnership</er>.</def>

<h1>Incommensurability</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`com*men`su*ra*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>incommensurabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being incommensurable.</def>

<i>Reid.</i>

<h1>Incommensurable</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`com*men"su*ra*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>commensurable</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incommensurable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; <as>as, quantities are <ex>incommensurable</ex> when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are <ex>incommensurable</ex> with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are <ex>incommensurable</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>They are quantities <b>incommensurable</b>. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>In`com*men"su*ra*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>In`com*men"su*ra*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Incommensurable</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`com*men"su*ra*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of two or more quantities which have no common measure.</def>

<h1>Incommensurate</h1> <Xpage=745>

<hw>In`com*men"su*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not adequate; <as>as, our means are <ex>incommensurate</ex> to our wants</as>.</def>