MEANING
The ability of things to be measured or compared on a common basis.
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- commensurability of measures
- cultural commensurability
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The comparison depended on commensurability of the measures.
She questioned the commensurability of the two accounts of value.
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Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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