Two lengths are called incommensurate or incommensurable if their ratio cannot be expressed as a ratio of whole numbers. Irrational numbers and transcendental numbers are incommensurate with the integers.
Incommensurate
See also
Fraction, Irrational Number, Pythagoras's Constant, Transcendental NumberExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Incommensurate." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Incommensurate.html