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n. [ LL. admensuratio; L. ad + mensurare to measure. See Mensuration. ] Same as Admeasurement. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., from board and bed. ] (Law) A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + mensal. ] See Bimonthly, a. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. commensalis; L. com- + mensa table: cf. F. commensal. Cf. Mensal. ] 1. One who eats at the same table. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) An animal, not truly parasitic, which lives in, with, or on, another, partaking usually of the same food. Both species may be benefited by the association. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the character of a commensal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of eating together; table fellowship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same table. [ Obs. ] “Promiscuous commensality.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Commensality. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Daniel . . . declined pagan commensation. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. commensurabilité. ] The quality of being commensurable. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

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]

adv. In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commensurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commensurating. ] [ Pref. com- + mensurate. ] 1. To reduce to a common measure. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To proportionate; to adjust. T. Puller [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Equal in measure or extent; proportionate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a happiness commensurate to their duration. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate; adequately. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With equal measure or extent. Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being commensurate. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. commensuration. ] The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

All fitness lies in a particular commensuration, or proportion of one thing to another. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dimensio, fr. dimensus, p. p. of dimetiri to measure out; di- = dis- + metiri to measure: cf. F. dimension. See Measure. ] 1. Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural, measure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and thickness; extent; size; as, the dimensions of a room, or of a ship; the dimensions of a farm, of a kingdom. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gentlemen of more than ordinary dimensions. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

Space of dimension, extension that has length but no breadth or thickness; a straight or curved line. --
Space of two dimensions, extension which has length and breadth, but no thickness; a plane or curved surface. --
Space of three dimensions, extension which has length, breadth, and thickness; a solid. --
Space of four dimensions, as imaginary kind of extension, which is assumed to have length, breadth, thickness, and also a fourth imaginary dimension. Space of five or six, or more dimensions is also sometimes assumed in mathematics. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Extent; reach; scope; importance; as, a project of large dimensions. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Math.) The degree of manifoldness of a quantity; as, time is quantity having one dimension; volume has three dimensions, relative to extension. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Alg.) A literal factor, as numbered in characterizing a term. The term dimensions forms with the cardinal numbers a phrase equivalent to degree with the ordinal; thus, a2b2c is a term of five dimensions, or of the fifth degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. pl. (Phys.) The manifoldness with which the fundamental units of time, length, and mass are involved in determining the units of other physical quantities. Thus, since the unit of velocity varies directly as the unit of length and inversely as the unit of time, the dimensions of velocity are said to be length ÷ time; the dimensions of work are mass × (length)2 ÷ (time)2; the dimensions of density are mass ÷ (length)3.

Dimensional lumber,
Dimension lumber,
Dimension scantling, or
Dimension stock (Carp.), lumber for building, etc., cut to the sizes usually in demand, or to special sizes as ordered. --
Dimension stone, stone delivered from the quarry rough, but brought to such sizes as are requisite for cutting to dimensions given. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to dimension. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having dimensions. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without dimensions; having no appreciable or noteworthy extent. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dimension. [ R. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without dimensions; marking dimensions or the limits. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who can draw the soul's dimensive lines? Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. immensus; pref. im- not + mensus, p. p. of metiri to measure: cf. F. immense. See Measure. ] Immeasurable; unlimited. In commonest use: Very great; vast; huge. “Immense the power” Pope. “Immense and boundless ocean.” Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

O Goodness infinite! Goodness immense! Milton.

Syn. -- Infinite; immeasurable; illimitable; unbounded; unlimited; interminable; vast; prodigious; enormous; monstrous. See Enormous. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In immense manner or degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being immense. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Immense + -ible. ] Immeasurable. [ Obs. ] Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Immensities [ L. immensitas: cf. F. immensité. ] The state or quality of being immense; inlimited or immeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or bulk; greatness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lost in the wilds of vast immensity. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

The immensity of the material system. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Huge. [ Obs. ] Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being immensurable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + L. mensurabilis measurable: cf. F. immensurable. Cf. Immeasurable. ] Immeasurable. [ 1913 Webster ]

What an immensurable space is the firmament. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + mensurate. ] Unmeasured; unlimited. [ R. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. incommensurabilité. ] The quality or state of being incommensurable. Reid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + commensurable: cf. F. incommensurable. ] Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are quantities incommensurable. Burke.

-- In`com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n. -- In`com*men"su*ra*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of two or more quantities which have no common measure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our wants.

Syn. -- Inadequate; insufficient; disproportionate.

-- In`com*men"su*rate*ly, adv. -- In`com*men"su*rate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mensalis, fr. mensa table. ] Belonging to the table; transacted at table; as, mensal conversation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mensis month. ] Occurring once in a month; monthly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. menske, AS. mennisc human, man. See Man. ] Manliness; dignity; comeliness; civility. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] -- Mense"ful a. -- Mense"less, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To grace. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. mensis month, pl. menses months, and the monthly courses of women. Cf. Month. ] (Med.) The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. menstrualis: cf. F. menstruel. See Menstruous. ] 1. Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a month; as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly changes; as, the menstrual equation of the sun's place. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the menses; as, menstrual discharges; the menstrual period. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of or pertaining to a menstruum. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. menstruans, p. pr. of menstruare to have a monthly term, fr. menstruus. See Menstruous. ] Subject to monthly flowing or menses. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Menstruous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Menstruated p. pr. & vb. n. Menstruating ] To discharge the menses; to have the catamenial flow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. discharging menstrual fluid; -- of women during their menstrual period.
Syn. -- unwell. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. menstrues. See Menstruous. ] The menstrual flux; menses. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. menstruus, fr. mensis month. Cf. Menstruum. ] 1. Having the monthly flow or discharge; menstruating. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the monthly flow; catamenial. [ 1913 Webster ]