incommensurability
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From incommensurable + -ity.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]incommensurability (uncountable)
- The state or characteristic of being incommensurable.
- Synonym: incommensurableness
- 1823, James Hogg, “Peril Second. Leasing. Circle II.”, in The Three Perils of Woman; or, Love, Leasing, and Jealousy. […], volume III, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […], →OCLC, page 91:
- […] I therefore think, Sarah, that the incommensurability of the crime with the effect, completely warrants the supersaliency of this noctivagant delinquent.
Translations
[edit]state or characteristic of being incommensurable
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Further reading
[edit]- incommensurability on Wikipedia.Wikipedia