mensurable

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adjective

measurable

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mensuralmeasuredmeasurable
OriginMiddle English mensurable ← Medieval Latin mensūrābilis →
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Meanings

adjectivemensurable (comparative more mensurable, superlative most mensurable)

comparative more mensurable · superlative most mensurable

  1. measurable
  2. entertainmentHaving a fixed rhythm.

    Mensurable music is song measured by long and short units of time.

    1998, William Oliver Strunk, Leo Treitler, Source Readings in Music History, →ISBN, page 227

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving notes of fixed rhythmic value

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mensuralmeasured

adjectivecapable of being measured

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measurable
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measurablemeasuredmensural

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinmensūrābilis
  2. Middle Englishmensurable
  3. Englishmensurable

From Middle English mensurable, from Medieval Latin mensūrābilis. Doublet of measurable. See also -able.

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APA

mensurable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mensurable

MLA

“mensurable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mensurable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mensurable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mensurable.

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