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Generally, two quantities are 'commensurable' if both can be measured in the same units. For example, a distance measured in miles and a quantity of water measured in gallons are ''in''commensurable (thus stressing the point that they cannot rationally be compared). A time measured in weeks and a time measured in minutes are commensurable because a week is a constant number of minutes (10080), so that one can convert between the two units by multiplying or dividing by 10080.

★ commensurability (philosophy of science), the commensurability of scientific theories

★ commensurability (ethics), the commensurability of values

★ commensurability (mathematics), the concept of commensurability in mathematics

★ commensurability (astronomy), the concept of commensurability in astronomy