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Commensuration

Commensuration \Com*men`su*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. commensuration.] The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate.

All fitness lies in a particular commensuration, or proportion of one thing to another.
--South.

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commensuration

n. The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate.

Usage examples of "commensuration".

The difficulty of commensuration can exist only in minds obsessed by the atavistic necessity of counting cowries or wives on the fingers.