commensurabilityn.
/kəˌmɛnsjʊərəˈbɪlɪti//kəˌmɛnʃərəˈbɪlɪti/ The quality of being commensurable.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > commensurableness or coextension
commensurableness1557
commensurability1570
coextensiona1676
coextensiveness1679
conterminousness1905
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > due proportion or proportionateness
proportiona1382
equality1447
proportioningc1450
temperance1471
temperancy1526
proportionality1545
commensurability1570
equability1576
proportionableness1606
apportionateness1645
proportionateness1658
commensurateness1661
proportionability1697
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > commensurableness or coextension > a commensurable quality
commensurability1794
the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > capacity for comparison
comparison1340
comparation1483
compare1589
commensurablenessa1676
commensurability1841–4
comparability1843
1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. x. f. 246v The commensurabilitie or incommensurabilitie of lines.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. xi. 332 A comely commensurability of the whole unto the parts, and the parts betweene themselves. View more context for this quotation
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xlii. 163 Whenever we look for commensurabilities and equalities in nature, we are disappointed.
1841–4 R. W. Emerson Ess. Gifts (1885) II. 437 There is no commensurability between a man and my gift.
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