congruency
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Origin of congruency
From the Latin word congruentia, dating back to 1485–95. See congruence, -cy
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Participants also displayed a higher sense of embodiment for the bionic tools when they had the opportunity to explore the virtual reality environment before undertaking the cross-modal congruency test.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024
She manages to weave sounds together that shouldn’t quite fit together, finding congruency in her downy melodies and romantic lyricism.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023
Love, she said in a 2017 interview with the website Shondaland, “requires integrity, that there be a congruency between what we think, say and do.”
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2021
Looking back, Danson can see a congruency in the roles he’s taken.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2018
For the congruency is the same: And yet if equall angles bee equall in base, they are not by and by equicrurall, as in the angles of the same section will appeare, as here.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
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