Commensurable

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Commensurable \Com*men"su*ra*ble\, a. [L. commensurabilis; pref.
     com- + mensurable. See {Commensurate}, and cf.
     {Commeasurable}.]
     Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by
     the same number, quantity, or measure. --
     {Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness}, n.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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