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adjective

Definition:

1. related by measurement: related by virtue of sharing the same system of measurement or by being measurable using the same units

2. commensurate: proportionate to something else ( formal )

His salary is commensurable to his ability.

3. mathematics with common factor: divisible by the same unit an even number of times

[Mid-16th century. < late Latin commensurabilis "completely measurable" < mensurabilis (see mensurable)]

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