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incommensurables

incommensurables is the plural of incommensurable.

Meaning of incommensurable

Noun

incommensurable (plural incommensurables)

  1. An incommensurable value or quantity; an irrational number.
    • Unfortunately for Pythagoras, his theorem led at once to the discovery of incommensurables, which appeared to disprove his whole philosophy.1946, Bertrand Russell, chapter 3, in History of Western Philosophy

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Questions about incommensurables

What is incommensurables the plural of?
Incommensurables is the plural of incommensurable.

Words near incommensurables in the dictionary

  1. incomities
  2. incomity
  3. incommensurability
  4. incommensurable
  5. incommensurableness
  6. incommensurables
  7. incommensurably
  8. incommensurate
  9. incommensurately
  10. incommensurateness
  11. incommensuration

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