English-Finnish translations for incommensurable

• yhteismitaton
• yhteistekijätön

Definition of incommensurable

• Of two real numbers, such that their ratio is not a fraction of two integers
• Not able to be measured by the same standards as another term in the context
• An incommensurable value or quantity; an irrational number

Examples

• The side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable.

Related words

• incommensurately
• incommensurate
• incommensurability