incommensurability
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English
Etymology
From incommensurable + -ity.
Pronunciation
Noun
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. In Three Volumes.">…], 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
state or characteristic of being incommensurable
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Further reading
incommensurability on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
