mensurableadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɛnʃ(ᵿ)rəbl/,

/ˈmɛnsjᵿrəbl/,

/ˈmɛns(ə)rəbl/, U.S.

/ˈmɛn(t)ʃ(ə)rəb(ə)l/,

/ˈmɛns(ə)rəb(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English 1600s– mensurable; Scottish pre-1700 mensturable.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mensurabilis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin mensurabilis measurable (Vulgate), moderate, reasonable (13th cent. in British sources), having musical measure (from c1240 in British sources; compare note s.v. mensural adj.) < mensurare to measure (see measure v.) + -abilis -able suffix. Compare French mensurable (c1420).With senses 2 compare earlier unmensurable adj.

†1. Moderate. Also: just, fair. Cf. measurable adj. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective] > fair or equitable

evenOE

skillwisea1300

leal1352

faira1387

mensurablea1398

equal1535

squarea1616

candid1643

equable1643

equitable1646

conscionable1647

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 40^v He is somdele playn to be ofte [read of] mensurable swiftnes.

1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 150 The Soueraigne grace of Hospitality..is to shewe ones selfe not to be ingratfull, but mensurable and equitable to all the World.

2. Able to be measured. Hence also: having assigned limits.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > measurable

estimablec1460

measurable1565

dimensive1570

mensurablea1600

quantitive1626

commensurable1654

dimensurable1660

metesome1674

gaugeable1768

quantifiable1868

evaluable1880

dimensionable1884

a1600 MS Rec. Aberdeen XXIV. in Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1880) III. 271/1 The mettege of colis, salt, lym, corne, fruit, and sic mensturable [sic] gudis.

1604 T. Wright Succinct Philos. Declar. Clymactericall Yeeres 5 Loe thou hast put my dayes mensurable.

1694 W. Holder Disc. Time 19 The Solar Month..[is] not easily Mensurable.

1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 40 The Force, Twist, and touching Surfaces can never be alike and mensurable when joined by Hand.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxiv. 15 Every atom..has extension, which we may suppose to have mensurable proportions.

1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 32 It is only our mortal duration that we measure by visible and mensurable objects.

1881 A. M. Fairbairn Stud. Life Christ 146 It was altogether a most manifest and mensurable thing.

1975 R. Kelly Loom 165 Each point (he's using the word then in a purely Euclidean sense) is isolate from every other. The gap between is not mensurable in his system.

3. Music. = mensural adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > having rhythm or proportion

mensuralc1570

numerous1589

numeral1610

measurable1614

rhythmica1631

numerose1714

mensurable1776

measured1782

lilting1800

rhythmic-melodic1854

rhythmized1880

1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music I. p. liii We are told that till the middle of the eleventh century rythmic [sic] or mensurable music was not known.

1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 179 Ravenscroft..tells us boldly that he [sc. Franco] was the inventor of the four first simple notes of Mensurable Music.

1893 J. S. Shedlock tr. K. W. J. H. Riemann Dict. Music Mensurable Music.

1901 H. E. Wooldridge Oxf. Hist. Music I. 169 Mensurable melody.

1991 J. Caldwell Oxf. Hist. Eng. Music I. ii. 59 The examples of mensurable music in this chapter hitherto have reduced the notes to one-sixteenth of their original value.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mensurable
释义	mensurableadj. Brit. /ˈmɛnʃ(ᵿ)rəbl/, /ˈmɛnsjᵿrəbl/, /ˈmɛns(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /ˈmɛn(t)ʃ(ə)rəb(ə)l/, /ˈmɛns(ə)rəb(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English 1600s– mensurable; Scottish pre-1700 mensturable. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mensurabilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin mensurabilis measurable (Vulgate), moderate, reasonable (13th cent. in British sources), having musical measure (from c1240 in British sources; compare note s.v. mensural adj.) < mensurare to measure (see measure v.) + -abilis -able suffix. Compare French mensurable (c1420).With senses 2 compare earlier unmensurable adj. †1. Moderate. Also: just, fair. Cf. measurable adj. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective] > fair or equitable evenOE skillwisea1300 leal1352 faira1387 mensurablea1398 equal1535 squarea1616 candid1643 equable1643 equitable1646 conscionable1647 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 40^v He is somdele playn to be ofte [read of] mensurable swiftnes. 1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 150 The Soueraigne grace of Hospitality..is to shewe ones selfe not to be ingratfull, but mensurable and equitable to all the World. 2. Able to be measured. Hence also: having assigned limits. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > measurable estimablec1460 measurable1565 dimensive1570 mensurablea1600 quantitive1626 commensurable1654 dimensurable1660 metesome1674 gaugeable1768 quantifiable1868 evaluable1880 dimensionable1884 a1600 MS Rec. Aberdeen XXIV. in Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1880) III. 271/1 The mettege of colis, salt, lym, corne, fruit, and sic mensturable [sic] gudis. 1604 T. Wright Succinct Philos. Declar. Clymactericall Yeeres 5 Loe thou hast put my dayes mensurable. 1694 W. Holder Disc. Time 19 The Solar Month..[is] not easily Mensurable. 1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 40 The Force, Twist, and touching Surfaces can never be alike and mensurable when joined by Hand. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxiv. 15 Every atom..has extension, which we may suppose to have mensurable proportions. 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 32 It is only our mortal duration that we measure by visible and mensurable objects. 1881 A. M. Fairbairn Stud. Life Christ 146 It was altogether a most manifest and mensurable thing. 1975 R. Kelly Loom 165 Each point (he's using the word then in a purely Euclidean sense) is isolate from every other. The gap between is not mensurable in his system. 3. Music. = mensural adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > having rhythm or proportion mensuralc1570 numerous1589 numeral1610 measurable1614 rhythmica1631 numerose1714 mensurable1776 measured1782 lilting1800 rhythmic-melodic1854 rhythmized1880 1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music I. p. liii We are told that till the middle of the eleventh century rythmic [sic] or mensurable music was not known. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 179 Ravenscroft..tells us boldly that he [sc. Franco] was the inventor of the four first simple notes of Mensurable Music. 1893 J. S. Shedlock tr. K. W. J. H. Riemann Dict. Music Mensurable Music. 1901 H. E. Wooldridge Oxf. Hist. Music I. 169 Mensurable melody. 1991 J. Caldwell Oxf. Hist. Eng. Music I. ii. 59 The examples of mensurable music in this chapter hitherto have reduced the notes to one-sixteenth of their original value. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1398
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