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PRONUNCIATION OF INCOMMENSURATE

incommensurate  [ˌɪnkəˈmɛnʃərɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCOMMENSURATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incommensurate is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INCOMMENSURATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of incommensurate in the English dictionary

The definition of incommensurate in the dictionary is when postpositive, often foll by with not commensurate; disproportionate. Other definition of incommensurate is incommensurable.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCOMMENSURATE


accurate
ˈækjərɪt
commensurate
kəˈmɛnsərɪt
confederate
kənˈfɛdərɪt
conglomerate
kənˈɡlɒmərɪt
considerate
kənˈsɪdərɪt
corporate
ˈkɔːpərɪt
curate
ˈkjʊərɪt
deliberate
dɪˈlɪbərɪt
desperate
ˈdɛspərɪt
directorate
dɪˈrɛktərɪt
disparate
ˈdɪspərɪt
doctorate
ˈdɒktərɪt
elaborate
ɪˈlæbərɪt
electorate
ɪˈlɛktərɪt
emirate
ɛˈmɪərɪt
favourite
ˈfeɪvərɪt
illiterate
ɪˈlɪtərɪt
literate
ˈlɪtərɪt
moderate
ˈmɒdərɪt
temperate
ˈtɛmpərɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCOMMENSURATE

incommensurability
incommensurable
incommensurableness
incommensurably
incommensurately
incommensurateness
incommiscible
incommode
incommodious
incommodiously
incommodiousness
incommodities
incommodity
incommunicability
incommunicable
incommunicableness
incommunicably
incommunicado
incommunicative
incommunicatively

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCOMMENSURATE

acculturate
at any rate
barbiturate
configurate
cyanurate
depurate
figurate
inaccurate
inaugurate
indurate
maturate
micturate
obdurate
obturate
oversaturate
saturate
sulphurate
supersaturate
suppurate
triturate
urate

Synonyms and antonyms of incommensurate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INCOMMENSURATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «incommensurate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of incommensurate

Translation of «incommensurate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCOMMENSURATE

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The translations of incommensurate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incommensurate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不适应
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inconmensurables
570 millions of speakers

English

incommensurate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तारतम्यहीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير متكافئ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

несоизмеримы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incomensuráveis
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেখাপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

incommensurable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak sepadan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

inkommensurabel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不相応な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어울리지 않는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Incommensurate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không tương đương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

incommensurate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनैसर्गिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oransız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incommensurate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niewspółmierne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

несумірні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

incomensurabile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυσανάλογες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongeëvenredigd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

incommensurate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

incommensurate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incommensurate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCOMMENSURATE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incommensurate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCOMMENSURATE»

Discover the use of incommensurate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incommensurate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Incommensurate Crystallography
This book fully describes the structures and symmetries of incommensurately modulated crystals and composite crystals.
Sander Van Smaalen, 2012
2
International Tables for Crystallography, Reciprocal Space
reflections ought to show the symmetry of the average structure, while the incommensurate reflections lose the symmetry. The problem of the finite size of the illuminated area is discussed using equations (2.5.3.7) and (2.5.3.8) in a paper by ...
U. Shmueli, 2008
3
Crystallography Reviews
The difference between periodic crystals and incommensurate phases is that the latter have non,zero intensity also at points outside a reciprocal lattice (6), all of which need to be taken into account in the calculation of the inverse Fourier ...
M. Moore, Sander Van Smaalen, 1995
4
International Tables for Crystallography, Definition and ...
All aperiodic structures can be classified into one of three groups: incommensurately modulated structures, incommensurate composite structures and quasicrystals. It is the purpose of the modulated and composite structures GIF dictionary ...
Sydney Hall, Theo Hahn, Uri Shmueli, 2005
5
Advanced Ferroelectricity
2. Incommensurate. systems. Translational lattice periodicity is usually considered as one of the most basic characterizing features of a crystal. Identical unit cells where atoms occupy certain regularly spaced positions are indefinitely repeating ...
Robert Blinc, 2011
6
Light Scattering Near Phase Transitions
At the same time the phenomenological theory of light scattering in an incommensurate phase, which reflects adequately the fundamental features of this phenomenon, may be constructed by analogy with the theory of light scattering in the ...
H.Z. Cummins, A.P. Levanyuk, 1983
7
Proceedings: Microscopy and Microanalysis 2002 : Québec ...
Electron. Crystallographic. Study. of. Incommensurate. Modulated. Structures. Fan Hai-fu, Li Yang, Wan Zheng-hua, Fu Zheng-qing, Mo You-de, Cheng Ting- zhu & Li Fang-hua Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing ...
Edgar Völkl, 2002
8
Neutron Scattering
19.7. incommensurate Magnetic Structures As was discussed in Section l9.6.l, we classify as incommensurate structures any magnetic structures that develop below the ordering temperature with a wave vector k 9* 1/2. Let us consider for ...
Celotta, David L. Price, Kurt Sko ̈ld, 1987
9
Handbook of Superconducting Materials
All of the Bi based superconductors exhibit structural modulations which are often incommensurate with the basic structure. The relationship of the structural modulation to the element substitution or chemical doping and their role with respect ...
David A. Cardwell, David S. Ginley, 2003
10
Materials Interfaces: Atomic-level Structure and Properties
If the interactions among the constituent particles of the monolayer are dominant over their interactions with the substrate, the monolayer may assume a structure with a lattice constant, which is incommensurate with the substrate. In this case ...
D. Wolf, Sidney Yip, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCOMMENSURATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incommensurate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Whistler's Mother' and fresh perspectives at the Clark
... your trip to this picturesque part of the world, where everything, it turns out, is as out of whack and incommensurate as everywhere else. «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
2
Magnetic anisotropy, unusual hysteresis and putative “up-up-down …
5 shows their rapid evolution in the small temperature interval 13–15 K. At 13, 14 and 14.5 K, the spectra are purely incommensurate ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
BP settlement
The compensation is grossly incommensurate with the enormity of the tragedy. The citizens of India need examples of justice in order to sustain ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
4
House defends lawmakers' salaries
... and argued that they were excessive and incommensurate with ongoing economic circumstances in the country, which have forced pay cuts ... «Cyprus Mail, Jul 15»
5
From Drought to Glory: How PSV Rebuilt an Empire
He was expected to win trophies and instantly restore PSV to glory, but the resources at his disposal were simply incommensurate with such an ... «Football-Oranje, Jun 15»
6
The Confederate battle flag is what makes America stupid
It may be incommensurate with the crime, but black Americans are entirely justified in their rancor against official sanction of a symbol of slavery ... «PJ Media, Jun 15»
7
Local artist-activist confronts Shell Arctic drill rig off Vancouver Island
... Nature found that development of any oil and gas resources in the Arctic is incommensurate with efforts to limit average global warming to 2 ... «The Vancouver Observer, Jun 15»
8
Aperiodic crystals and beyond
While order was once seen as synonymous with lattice periodic arrangements, the discoveries of incommensurate crystals and quasicrystals ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
9
Jenny Diski's End Notes
Even in England, where she has won prizes and critical acclaim, her reputation is incommensurate with her spectacular originality. Diski is one ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
10
Ultracold ions put friction to the test
... into the next gap and become stuck again. If the gaps and atoms are incommensurate, fewer atoms will get stuck and friction will be weaker. «physicsworld.com, Jun 15»

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