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commensurate

adj
/kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/UK/kəˈmɛnsəɹət/US

Etymology

First attested in 1641; borrowed from Late Latin commēnsūrātus, from com- (“together, with”) + mēnsūrātus, perfect passive participle of mēnsūrō (“to measure, to estimate”), (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin mēnsūra (“measure”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

  1. derived from mēnsūra
  2. borrowed from commēnsūrātus

Definitions

  1. Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.

    • commensurate punishments
    • The $100 settlement was hardly commensurate with the humiliation his client had experienced.

  2. Describing a crystal in which every atom or molecule is placed in the same relative…

    Describing a crystal in which every atom or molecule is placed in the same relative position

  3. Describing two numbers within the same Archimedean class, so that neither is infinitely…

    Describing two numbers within the same Archimedean class, so that neither is infinitely larger than the other.

    • Crucially, every positive surreal number is commensurate with exactly one ω-power, in the following sense.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To reduce to a common measure.

      • For that division is not naturally founded, but artificially set down, and by agreement, as the aptest terms to define or commensurate the longitude of places.

    2. To proportionate

      To proportionate; to adjust.

      • The rare temper and proportion, which the Church of England useth in commensurating the Forms of Absolution to the degrees of preparation and necessity, is to be observed

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at commensurate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at commensurate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at commensurate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA