incommensurable

 
Pronunciation: /ˌɪnkəˈmɛnʃ(ə)rəb(ə)l, -sjə-/

adjective

  • 1not able to be judged by the same standards; having no common standard of measurement: the two types of science are incommensurable and thus cannot be integrated
  • 2 Mathematics (of numbers) in a ratio that cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers.
  • irrational.

noun

(usually incommensurables)
  • an incommensurable quantity.

Derivatives

incommensurability

Pronunciation: /-ˈbɪlɪti/
noun

incommensurably

adverb

Origin:

mid 16th century (in the mathematical sense): from late Latin incommensurabilis, from in- 'not' + commensurabilis (see commensurable)