congruent

adj.

1. Corresponding; congruous.
2. Mathematics.
   1. Coinciding exactly when superimposed: congruent triangles.
   2. Of or relating to two numbers that have the same remainder when divided by a third number. For example, 11 and 26 are congruent when the modulus is 5.

[Middle English, from Latin congruēns, congruent-, present participle of congruere, to agree.]

congruently con'gru·ent·ly adv.

(KONG-groo-uhnt, kuhn-GROO-)

adjective
1. In agreement; congruous.
2. Mathematics: a. Having identical shape and size, e.g. congruent triangles.
b. Of or relating to one of the two numbers which when divided by a third number, yield the same remainder. e.g. 8 and 17 both yield a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.

Etymology
From Middle English, from Latin congruens, present participle of congruere (to agree).

Usage
"The life-paths of men and women, and to a lesser extent, of black and white Americans, are much more likely to be congruent than at any time in history." — Josh Clark, et al, 20 Ways We've Changed, Mother Jones (San Francisco), Jan 11, 1996.

"The language of geometry became a powerful means of communicating ideas through terms that had previously been just words on a textbook page. Other applications to geometry and measurement involved in the crane-folding process included forming congruent triangles..." — Elizabeth S. Senger, et al., Mathematical Meaning in Context, Teaching Children Mathematics, Mar 1997.

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adj

Definition: agreeable, harmonious
Antonyms: disagreeable, incongruent, unharmonious

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IN BRIEF: To be in harmony and equal.

The style of the new library was congruent with the rest of the campus.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - overensstemmende, kongruent

Nederlands (Dutch)
overeenstemmend, congruent

Français (French)
adj. - correspondant, adéquat, (Math, gén) congru (à)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - übereinstimmend, deckungsgleich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αντίστοιχος, ανάλογος, ομοιόμορφος

Italiano (Italian)
congruente, compatibile, corrispondente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - congruente, congruente (Mat.), adequado, harmonioso

Русский (Russian)
соответствующий, конгруэнтный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - congruente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - överensstämmande, kongruent

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
适合的, 符合的, 一致的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 適合的, 符合的, 一致的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 일치하는, 조화하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 合同の, 一致する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متطابق, موافق, ملائم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מתאים, חופף, יאה‬

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