incomensurabilidade
[ĩ.ko.mẽ.su.ra.bi.li.ˈda.dʒi]
nounfemininepl: incomensurabilidades
incommensurability
1. The quality or state of being incommensurable; lack of a common measure or standard of comparison
The incommensurability between scientific and religious worldviews has long been debated by philosophers.
A incomensurabilidade entre as visões científica e religiosa do mundo tem sido debatida há muito tempo pelos filósofos.
2. In mathematics and logic, the property of two quantities that have no common measure or cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers
The incommensurability of the diagonal and side of a square was discovered by ancient mathematicians.
A incomensurabilidade entre a diagonal e o lado de um quadrado foi descoberta pelos matemáticos antigos.
3. Fundamental incompatibility or inability to be measured or compared using the same criteria
There is an incommensurability between different theoretical frameworks in physics.
Existe uma incomensurabilidade entre diferentes estruturas teóricas na física.
This is a highly technical term primarily used in academic, philosophical, and scientific contexts in both Brazil and Portugal. It is frequently encountered in university-level discussions of epistemology, mathematics, and physics. The concept gained prominence in Portuguese-language philosophy through discussions of Kuhn's scientific paradigms and the notion that different scientific frameworks may be fundamentally incommensurable.
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