comparable

comparable

Assez semblable par la taille, la qualité ou un autre aspect pour permettre une comparaison équitable.

En anglais simple : Similar enough in size, quality, or another feature to be compared fairly.

• The two hotels have comparable prices.
• Her results were comparable to mine.
• Are these cars comparable in quality?

Comment l'utiliser : comparable to something (Their prices are comparable to ours.); comparable with something (These results are comparable with last year's figures.); comparable in something (The two houses are comparable in size.)

Synonymes : similar, equivalent

Contraires : dissimilar

Expressions courantes : comparable to something, comparable with something, comparable results

comparable

Se dit de deux éléments qu’une règle mathématique permet de placer dans un ordre ou de considérer comme égaux.

En anglais simple : Related by a mathematical ordering rule that puts one before or equal to the other.

• Every pair is comparable in a total order.
• Under divisibility, four and twelve are comparable.
• Two subsets are comparable by inclusion when one contains the other.

Comment l'utiliser : comparable under something (These two elements are comparable under the given relation.)

Contraires : incomparable

Expressions courantes : comparable elements, comparable under something, comparable in something