Commensurability

Two concepts or things are commensurable if they are measurable or comparable by a common standard.

Commensurability most commonly refers to commensurability (mathematics). It may also refer to:


 * Commensurability (astronomy), whether two orbital periods are mathematically commensurate.
 * Commensurability (crystal structure), whether periodic material properties repeat over a distance that is mathematically commensurate with the length of the unit cell.
 * Commensurability (economics), whether economic value can always be measured by money
 * Commensurability (ethics), the commensurability of values in ethics
 * Commensurability (group theory), when two groups have a subgroup of finite index in common
 * Commensurability (philosophy of science)
 * Commensurability (physics), a concept in dimensional analysis that concerns conversion of units of measurement
 * Apples and oranges, common idiom related to incommensurability

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