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English → English (gcide) Definition: Commensurable quantities Commensurable \Com*men"su*ra*ble\, a. [L. commensurabilis; pref. com- + mensurable. See Commensurate, and cf. Commeasurable.] Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure. -- Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Commensurable numbers or Commensurable quantities (Math.), those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36 inches. Numbers commensurable in power, or Quantities commensurable in power , those whose squares are commensurable. [1913 Webster]