commensurable

[ kuh-men-ser-uh-buh l, -sher-uh- ]

/ kəˈmɛn sər ə bəl, -ʃər ə- /

having the same measure or divisor: The numbers 6 and 9 are commensurable since they are divisible by 3.

suitable in measure; proportionate.

Origin of commensurable

1550–60; < Late Latin commēnsūrābilis, equivalent to Latin com- com- + mēnsūrābilis (equivalent to mēnsūrā(re) (see commensurate) + -bilis -ble)

com·men·su·ra·bil·i·ty, com·men·su·ra·ble·ness, noun com·men·su·ra·bly, adverb

In order that the punishments of different classes of crime may be proportional, the punishments should be commensurable.

The English Utilitarians, Volume I. |Leslie Stephen
This is usually proved first for the commensurable case and then for the incommensurable one.

The Teaching of Geometry |David Eugene Smith
Conversation, as we know, denotes an interchange of commensurable meanings.

The Approach to Philosophy |Ralph Barton Perry
Not that crimes and jests are commensurable or approximable; but they are before the same judge.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 |Various

The large powers conferred by it have no commensurable relation to the duties which attach to the position of neutrality.

Letters To "The Times" Upon War And Neutrality (1881-1920) |Thomas Erskine Holland

commensurable

/ (kəˈmɛnsərəbəl, -ʃə-) /

maths

having a common factor
having units of the same dimensions and being related by whole numbershours and minutes are commensurable

well-proportioned; proportionate

commensurability, noun commensurably, adverb