commensurable.

1. Able to be compared or evaluated using a meaningful common standard.

2. Describing quantities that are exact integer multiples of a common unit, so their ratio is rational.

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Words that belong together

• commensurable measures
• commensurable outcomes

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The researchers needed commensurable outcomes before combining the studies.

The budgets became commensurable only after the currencies were adjusted.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a mathematical classification; more commensurable can compare practical comparability. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.