Incommensurability

Incommensurability (opposite: commensurability , adj. (In) commensurable ; from the Latin mensura for measure, literally "not measurable together", "without common measure") stands for:

• Incommensurability (philosophy of science) , non-comparability of scientific theories (coined by Thomas S. Kuhn )
• Incommensurability (physics) , the incomparability of physical quantities
• Incommensurability (quantum mechanics) , the non-simultaneous measurability of physical quantities
• Incommensurability (ethics) , the concept that values ​​are not always comparable with each other.
• Incommensurability (mathematics) , two (geometric) lengths that cannot be represented by two natural numbers

For further uses of the term in mathematics see:

• Commensurability (mathematics)

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Wiktionary: incommensurability  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: Commensurability  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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