Incommensurable
English Meaning
Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable.
- Impossible to measure or compare.
- Lacking a common quality on which to make a comparison.
- Mathematics Having no common measure or number of which all the given lengths or measures are integral multiples.
- Mathematics Having an irrational ratio.
- One that is incommensurable.