incommensurable

• Décrit deux choses qui ne peuvent pas être comparées ou mesurées l'une par rapport à l'autre, car elles n'ont pas de norme ou de base commune ; ou bien une quantité si grande qu'elle échappe à toute mesure.

Describes two things that cannot be compared or measured against each other because they have no common standard or basis.

1. Impossible to compareC2formal

   Unable to be measured or compared because of a fundamental difference in nature, value, or scale.

   incommensurable (sens 1)

   • The two philosophical systems are incommensurable and cannot be reconciled.
   • The value of art and the cost of materials are often incommensurable.
   • Their experiences were so different that they were incommensurable.

   Synonymesdisparateheterogeneousincommensurateincomparableirreconcilableuncomparable

   Antonymescommensurablecommensuratecomparable

2. No common factorC2formal

   In mathematics, describing two numbers that do not share a common divisor or factor.

   Nombres incommensurables

   • The numbers 2 and √2 are incommensurable.
   • Incommensurable lengths cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers.
   • The concept of incommensurable magnitudes was studied by ancient Greek mathematicians.

   Antonymescommensurablecommensurateproportional