congruency
Americannoun
plural
congruenciesOther Word Forms
- noncongruency noun
Etymology
Origin of congruency
From the Latin word congruentia, dating back to 1485–95. See congruence, -cy
Example Sentences
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Next, the team used a test called the "cross-modal congruency task" to compare implicit or unconscious embodiment for the virtual hand and bionic tool.
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
The Demonstration of this is from the rule of congruency: Because the whole agreeth to all his parts.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
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