comparable
Able to be compared (to).
Example
“An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus.”
Other meanings
Similar (to); like.
Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
“Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not.”
Related words
- biocomparable
- comparably
- intercomparable
- comparable function
- comparable worth
- comparability
- comparableness
- incomparable
- uncomparable
Word history
From Latin "comparābilis".
Where this comes from
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