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mensurable

[ men-sher-uh-buhl, -ser-uh- ]

adjective



mensurable

/ ˈmɛnsjʊrəbəl; -ʃə- /

adjective

  1. a less common word for measurable
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Derived Forms

  • ˌmensuraˈbility, noun
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Other Words From

  • mensur·a·bili·ty noun
  • un·mensur·a·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mensurable1

1595–1605; < Late Latin mēnsūrābilis, equivalent to mēnsūrā ( re ) to measure + -bilis -ble
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mensurable1

C17: from Late Latin mēnsūrābilis, from mēnsūra measure
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Example Sentences

The body of a male is visible to the eyes, is mensurable and ponderable, is clearly marked in its specific organs.

Again, every line is extension in one dimension; hence a mathematical quantity, hence mensurable, hence finite; you must therefore, deny that a line is a quantity, or else affirm that it is finite.

Every object, therefore, of which quantity, in the mathematical sense, is predicable, must be by its essential nature mensurable.

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