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Definition of incommensurate in English: incommensurateadjective ˌɪnkəˈmɛnʃ(ə)rətˌɪnkəˈmɛnsjərət 1incommensurate withOut of keeping or proportion with. man's influence on the earth's surface seems incommensurate with his scale Example sentencesExamples - Thus in the absence of women (one might say in opposition to women) nineteenth-century science defined feminine nature as essentially incommensurate with masculine nature.
- In many cities and towns, residents complain regularly about high bills that are incommensurate with their consumption.
- Yet this form of intimate candor, while seemingly incommensurate with the comportment of a mature and accomplished artist, has deep roots in Western intellectual history.
- Whatever the motive, it is clear the response is incommensurate with the threat,
- The portrait of the men as fun-loving rogues is incommensurate with their despicable actions.
Synonyms out of proportion to, not in proportion to, disproportionate to, relatively too large/small for, not appropriate for out of keeping with, at odds with insufficient, inadequate excessive, inordinate, unreasonable, uncalled for, undue, unfair 2 another term for incommensurable (sense 1 of the adjective) Example sentencesExamples - Now we live in a world of largely incommensurate images, some seen on one continent and others in the rest of the world.
- Cultural matrices and their operating rules are often incommensurate across localities.
- There is something so incommensurate between the man and the artist.
- And if we try to draw together those seemingly incommensurate attributes, it might be possible to develop a different conception of the Trinity.
- Only in this manner, it is argued, can the liberal state enjoy the freely given allegiance of persons who subscribe to rival and incommensurate conceptions of the (theological or moral) good.
Derivatives adverb Electron microscopy study of the incommensurately modulated structure of ankangite. Example sentencesExamples - The structure is incommensurately modulated, a rare case for elemental solids.
noun The specific character of a religious tradition helps us understand the incommensurateness of religious traditions. Example sentencesExamples - The human being, alone among the creatures, experiences ‘the utter incommensurateness and the unsatisfying qualities of the things around us’.
- Both the dimension of the incommensurateness and the nature of the surface boundary conditions are found to play an important role in determining whether or not surface phasons exist.
Definition of incommensurate in US English: incommensurateadjective 1incommensurate withpredicative Out of keeping or proportion with. man's influence on the earth's surface seems incommensurate with his scale Example sentencesExamples - Yet this form of intimate candor, while seemingly incommensurate with the comportment of a mature and accomplished artist, has deep roots in Western intellectual history.
- In many cities and towns, residents complain regularly about high bills that are incommensurate with their consumption.
- Thus in the absence of women (one might say in opposition to women) nineteenth-century science defined feminine nature as essentially incommensurate with masculine nature.
- The portrait of the men as fun-loving rogues is incommensurate with their despicable actions.
- Whatever the motive, it is clear the response is incommensurate with the threat,
Synonyms out of proportion to, not in proportion to, disproportionate to, relatively too large for, relatively too small for, not appropriate for 2 another term for incommensurable (sense 1 of the adjective) Example sentencesExamples - Now we live in a world of largely incommensurate images, some seen on one continent and others in the rest of the world.
- There is something so incommensurate between the man and the artist.
- And if we try to draw together those seemingly incommensurate attributes, it might be possible to develop a different conception of the Trinity.
- Only in this manner, it is argued, can the liberal state enjoy the freely given allegiance of persons who subscribe to rival and incommensurate conceptions of the (theological or moral) good.
- Cultural matrices and their operating rules are often incommensurate across localities.
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