incommensurable
/ɪnkəˈmɛnsjʊəɹəbəl/
Dictionary
noun
- An incommensurable value or quantity; an irrational number.
adjective
- Of two real numbers, such that their ratio is not a fraction of two integers.
- (arithmetics) Of two integers, having no common integer divisor except 1.
- Not able to be measured by the same standards as another term in the context.
"The side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable."
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