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commensuration

commensuration

9.6
The act of measuring or comparing things by a common standard
  • noun
  • /kəˌmɛnʃəˈreɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : comparación
  • The commensuration of different educational systems allows for an effective comparison of student performance worldwide.

Examples

  • The commensuration of data from multiple sources provides a clearer picture of the overall economic situation.

  • In the study, researchers focused on the commensuration of various funding models to determine which yielded the best results.

  • The Dresden contains a host of almanacs that can only be described as stupendous feats of number juggling and commensuration, among them a Venus Table that generates predictions of the dates of first and last evening and morning appearances of that planet.

    Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

comparison
vscommensuration
382 1.8

To look at two or more things to find how they are the same and how they differ

frames the act as using the same standard to compare rather than general consideration
balancing
vscommensuration
47 3.4

Making two sets of numbers, like accounts, match by checking and changing them

prefers using a common standard to compare rather than changing things to match
measuring
vscommensuration
20 2.2

Finding the size or amount of something using a tool

focuses on comparing things by a shared standard rather than only assigning values
comparing
vscommensuration
1.3

An action of looking at two or more things to see how they are similar and different

applies a shared standard to quantify and compare rather than just note similarities
equating
vscommensuration
6.5

Treating different things as the same

compares or measures by a shared standard instead of simply declaring they match

Antonyms

disproportion
2 5.8

An uneven amount or size between parts of something

How Comparable

normalization
  • Formal
2 5.6
commensuration
  • Specialized
9.6
measurement
183 1.9
comparison
382 1.8

Surface Forms

commensuration singular
commensurations plural

Morphology

commensuration = commensurate (transparent) = com + mensur + ation

A straightforward nominalization of 'commensurate' meaning 'measuring or comparing by a common standard'.

Etymology

Commensuration comes from Latin parts com- ('with') and mensura ('measure'), like the familiar word measure. So it means measuring by a common standard so you can compare different things fairly.