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commensurability 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. (commensurable) capable of being measured by a common standard; "hours and minutes are commensurable"
  2. In astronomy, two orbiting objects such as planets, satellites or asteroids are said to exhibit commensurability if their orbital periods are in rational proportion (see also commensurability (mathematics)).
  3. In ethics, two values (or norms, reasons, or goods) are incommensurable when they do not share a common standard of measurement.
  4. In mathematics, two non-zero real numbers a and b are said to be commensurable iff a/b is a rational number.
  5. Commensurability or incommensurability is a concept in the philosophy of science. Scientific theories are described as commensurable if one can compare them to determine which is more accurate; if theories are incommensurable, there is no way in which one can compare them to each other in order ...
  6. Capacity of a grazing permittee’s base ranch property to support permitted livestock during the period such livestock are off public land.