commensuration

noun

com·​men·​su·​ra·​tion kə-ˌmen(t)-sə-ˈrā-shən 

-shə-

plural -s

1

: the measuring of things in comparison with one another

2

: the state of being proportionate

fitness lies in a particular commensuration … of one thing to another

—Robert South

Word History

Etymology

Middle French, from Late Latin commensuration, commensuratio, from Latin com- + Late Latin mensuration-, mensuratio act of measuring

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Rhymes for commensuration

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration