单词 | incommensurate |
释义 | incommensurateadj. Not commensurate. 1. a. Not of equal or corresponding measure or degree; out of proportion, disproportionate, inadequate. Const. with, to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] > disproportionate unproportioneda1500 unproportionate1535 misproportioned1552 disproportionate1555 disproportionated1572 unproportionable1576 improportionate1581 disproportionable1589 disproportioned1597 improportionable1601 disproportional1609 asymmetral1615 unproportional1628 overproportionated1647 improportioned1656 improportionala1662 over-proportioned1662 overproportionate1672 uncommensurate1676 incommensurate1684 incommensurable1820 1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies iv, in Wks. (1772) IV. 780 So they be not incommensurate to its pores. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 127. ⁋10 His improvement grows continually more incommensurate to his life. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxi. 172 The four ancient tribes..had become incommensurate with the existing condition of the Attic people. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 251 That power, unfortunately, was incommensurate with their good will. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > asymmetrical or misproportioned misproportioned1552 asymmetral1615 eccentric1647 incommensurate1650 asymmetrous1661 asymmetrical1690 lopsided1711 uncertain1742 unsymmetrical1755 one-sided1857 alop1865 asymmetric1878 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 186 The natural proportion of the body is depraved, and the Body made incommensurate. 2. Not having a common standard of measurement; = incommensurable adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > describing relationships between quantities > incommensurable incommensurable?a1560 heterogeneous1656 incommensuratea1687 a1687 H. More Divine Dialogues i. 86 The diagonal line and side of a quadrate..to our apprehension, are incommensurate. 1694 W. Holder Disc. Time ii. 27 If the Year comprehend Days, it is but as any Greater space of time may be said to comprehend a Less, though the Less Space be Incommensurate to the Greater. 1864 J. H. Newman Apologia 374 Difficulty and doubt are incommensurate. Derivatives incoˈmmensurately adv. ΚΠ 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Incommensurately, not in equal or due measure or proportion. Cheyne. incoˈmmensurateness n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun] > quality of being disproportionate distemperance1340 unproportionatenessa1398 improportionc1450 inequalitya1538 disproportion1555 distemperment1582 misproportionateness1587 misproportion1596 unproportionableness1610 distemper1612 unproportiona1626 disproportionality1642 disproportionatedness1647 incommensuration1650 disproportionableness1651 overproportion1666 disproportionateness1668 incommensurateness1727 unproportionality1818 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Incommensurateness, incommensurable Quality. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 344 The utter incommensurateness and the unsatisfying qualities of the things around us. 1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 49 152 The incommensurateness of Christianity, under its present developments, to embrace and to form a rest for the new mental developments of society. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1650 |
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