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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 com·men·su·ra·ble /kəˈmɛn(t)srəbəl, ˈmɛn(t)ʃ; ˈmɛn(t)sə, ʃə-/
 (a.)可同單位度量

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Com·men·su·ra·ble a.  Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure. -- Com*men*su*ra*ble*ness, n.
 Commensurable numbers or Commensurable quantities Math., those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36 inches.
 Numbers commensurable in power, or Quantities commensurable in power, those whose squares are commensurable.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 commensurable
      adj : able to be measured by a common standard; "hours and minutes
            are commensurable"