congruence

[ kong-groo-uhns, kuhn-groo-, kuhng- ]

/ ˈkɒŋ gru əns, kənˈgru-, kəŋ- /

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noun

the quality or state of agreeing or corresponding.

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

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.

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Origin of congruence

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

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non·con·gru·ence, noun

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How to use congruence in a sentence

Such congruence is likely meaningful to MacDonnell, a meditation teacher whose show is unified by visual style and local musician Mark Cisneros’s ambient score.
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Reaching these milestones is also associated with higher levels of appearance congruence, meaning that a person’s appearance represents their gender identity.
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The two were motivated by a desire to find tetrahedra that could be cut up and reassembled as a cube of the same volume, a property known as scissors congruence.
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The congruence of interests creates this historic opportunity.
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Is there a complete congruence of form-relationship between larv on the one hand and imagines on the other?
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann
All these cases show a complete congruence in the two kinds of form-relationship; but exceptions are not wanting.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann
The number of the changes would here alone determine whether congruence or incongruence occurred between the two stages.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann
We shall find in the next lecture that it is from this symmetry that the theory of congruence is deduced.
The Concept of Nature|Alfred North Whitehead
What is this but a judgment of congruence applied to the train of successive positions of the yard measure?
The Concept of Nature|Alfred North Whitehead

British Dictionary definitions for congruence

congruence

congruency (ˈkɒŋɡrʊənsɪ)

/ (ˈkɒŋɡrʊəns) /

noun

the quality or state of corresponding, agreeing, or being congruent

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 x ≡ y (mod n), as in 25 ≡ 11 (mod 7)

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British Dictionary definitions for congruence

congruency (ˈkɒŋɡrʊənsɪ)