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commensurable.

Able to be measured using a common standard.

13 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Able to be measured using a common standard.

    A yard and a foot are commensurable, as both may be measured by inches.
  2. Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate.

    His salary is commensurable to his ability.
  3. (of two or more numbers) Divisible by the same number ᵂᴾ

    The numbers 12 and 18 are commensurable, as both are divisible by 6, while 12 and 19 are incommensurable.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Late Latin Latin commensurabilis (“having a common measure”) in 1550s, from Latin com- (“with”) + mensurabilis (“measurable”). Equivalent to com- + mensurable.

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