commensurate adj : corresponding in size or degree or extent; "pay should be commensurate with the time worked" [ant: incommensurate]

English

Adjective

1. proportionate; of a similar measurable standard

   ''If it is essential in our interests to maintain a quasi-permanent position of power on the Asian mainland as against the Chinese then we must be prepared to continue to pay the present cost in Vietnam indefinitely and to meet any escalation on the other side with at least a commensurate escalation of commitment of our own.'' - Report to the President on Southeast Asia-Vietnam by Senator Mike Mansfield, December 18, 1962

Antonyms

• incommensurate

Translations

• German: ausgewogen, angemessen
• Polish: współmierny

Generally, two quantities are commensurable if both can be measured in the same units. For example, a distance measured in miles and a quantity of water measured in gallons are incommensurable (thus stressing the point that they cannot rationally be compared). A time measured in weeks and a time measured in minutes are commensurable because a week is a constant number of minutes (10080), so that one can convert between the two units by multiplying or dividing by 10080.

• commensurability (philosophy of science), the commensurability of scientific theories
• commensurability (ethics), the commensurability of values
• commensurability (mathematics), the concept of commensurability in mathematics
• commensurability (astronomy), the concept of commensurability in astronomy
• commensurability (law), the concept of commensurability in law

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