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Definition of Incommensurables

Incommensurable
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.
Incommensurable
Incommensurable In`com*men"su*ra*ble, n. One of two or more quantities which have no common measure.

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- OCLC 414892. It has been claimed also that the first recognition of incommensurables appears in India during the Sulbasutra period, but such claims are...
- which one is more valid or useful. On the other hand, theories are incommensurable if they are embedded in starkly contrasting conceptual frameworks whose...
- Look up commensurability, commensurable, commensurate, incommensurability, or incommensurable in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Two concepts or things...
- outlines his theory of incommensurability. His theory appears in the same year as Thomas Kuhn's discussion of incommensurability in The Structure of Scientific...
- succeeding a paradigm shift are so different that their theories are incommensurable—the new paradigm cannot be proven or disproven by the rules of the...
- Goldstein, Bruce Evan (September 2007). "The ****ility of Reason: Incommensurable Differences Between Sustainability Narratives in the Aftermath of the...
- realization of a length incommensurable with the unit, such as √2, √3, √5 . For more detail, see Quadratic irrational. Incommensurable lengths conflicted with...
- simultaneously.) This is significant in relation to the issue of incommensurability (see below). An example of a currently accepted paradigm would be...
- their ratio ⁠a/b⁠ is a rational number; otherwise a and b are called incommensurable. (Recall that a rational number is one that is equivalent to the ratio...
- different people or cultures perceive the world through different, incommensurable conceptual schemes, leading them to very different impressions about...