Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incommensurable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incommensurable \In`com*men"su*ra*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +
commensurable: cf. F. incommensurable.]
Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of
comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third
quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the
side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each
other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are
incommensurable.
They are quantities incommensurable. --Burke.
-- {In`com*men"su*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`com*men"su*ra*bly},
adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incommensurable \In`com*men"su*ra*ble\, n.
One of two or more quantities which have no common measure.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
incommensurable
adj 1: impossible to measure or compare in value or size or
excellence
2: not having a common factor
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