congruence

[ kong-groo-uhns, kuhn-groo-, kuhng- ]
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noun
  1. the quality or state of agreeing or corresponding.

  2. Mathematics. a relation between two numbers indicating that the numbers give the same remainder when divided by some given number.: Compare residue (def. 4b).

  1. Geometry. the relationship that exists between two figures when one can be superimposed over the other and all their angles and sides coincide, as a mirror image: the congruence of trapezoids with identical measurements.

Origin of congruence

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin congruentia, derivative of congruent- congruent; see -ence

Other words from congruence

  • non·con·gru·ence, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for congruence

congruence

congruency (ˈkɒŋɡrʊənsɪ)

/ (ˈkɒŋɡrʊəns) /


noun
  1. the quality or state of corresponding, agreeing, or being congruent

  2. maths the relationship between two integers, x and y, such that their difference, with respect to another positive integer called the modulus, n, is a multiple of the modulus. Usually written xy (mod n), as in 2511 (mod 7)

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