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单词 incommensurate
释义

incommensurateadj.

/ɪnkəˈmɛnsjʊərət//ɪnkəˈmɛnʃərət//ɪŋkəˈmɛnsjʊərət//ɪŋkəˈmɛnʃərət/
Etymology: in- prefix4.
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.
b. Having parts or elements out of proportion; disproportioned. Obsolete. rare.
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.
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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).
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