commensurable

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

commensurable (comparative more commensurable, superlative most commensurable)

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.
3. (mathematics) (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.

• incommensurable

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commensurable (plural commensurables)

1. (mathematics) commensurable

   Synonym: mesurable

• “commensurable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.