Sekirov Dictionary

commensurate

UK /kəˈmens(ə)rət/US /kəˈmɛnsəɹət/

adjective 3
verb 2
forms 5

adjective3

•
Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.
- The rewards will be commensurate with the efforts made.
•
Describing two numbers within the same Archimedean class, so that neither is infinitely larger than the other.
- Crucially, every positive surreal number is commensurate with exactly one ω-power, in the following sense. — 2013
Describing a crystal in which every atom or molecule is placed in the same relative position

verb2

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(no longer used) To reduce to a common measure.
- For that division is not naturally founded, but artificially set down, and by agreement, as the aptest terms to define or commensurate the longitude of places. — 1650
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(no longer used) To proportionate; to adjust.
- The rare temper and proportion, which the Church of England useth in commensurating the Forms of Absolution to the degrees of preparation and necessity, is to be observed — 1679

forms

commensurated · commensurating · commensurates · more commensurate · most commensurate

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