COMMENSURATE

commensurate

(adjective) corresponding in size or degree or extent; “pay should be commensurate with the time worked”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

commensurate (comparative more commensurate, superlative most commensurate)

Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.

(physics) Describing a crystal in which every atom or molecule is placed in the same relative position

Antonyms

• incommensurate

• discommensurate

Verb

commensurate (third-person singular simple present commensurates, present participle commensurating, simple past and past participle commensurated)

To reduce to a common measure.

To proportionate; to adjust.

Source: Wiktionary

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Com*men"su*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commensurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commensurating.] Etym: [Pref. com- + mensurate.]

1. To reduce to a common measure. Sir T. Browne.

2. To proportionate; to adjust. T. Puller

Com*men"su*rate, a.

1. Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.

2. Equal in measure or extent; proportionate. Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a hapiness commensurate to their duration. Tillotson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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