congruent

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Etymology

From Middle English congruent, from Latin congruēns, present active participle of congruō (“meet together, agree”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹu.ənt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑŋ.ɡɹu.ənt/, /kənˈɡɹu.ənt/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔŋ.ɡɹʉ.ənt/
• Hyphenation: con‧gru‧ent

Adjective

congruent (comparative more congruent, superlative most congruent)

1. Corresponding in character; congruous.
   • 2013, Irene Fast, Selving: A Relational Theory of Self Organization, →ISBN, page xii:

     In the course of this work it was borne in on me, increasingly, that the notion of I-schemes, schemes of selving, as the basic structures of our dynamic selves is congruent with developing directions of inquiry both within psychoanalysis and outside it.

2. Harmonious.
4. (mathematics) Having a difference divisible by a modulus.
6. (mathematics) Coinciding exactly when superimposed.
7. (algebra) Satisfying a congruence relation.

Usage notes

• In mathematics, this adjective can be used in phrases like “A and B are congruent”, “A is congruent to B”, and, less commonly, “A is congruent with B”.

Synonyms

• congruous

Antonyms

• incongruous

Derived terms

• congruently
• congruent number, congruent triangle
• incongruent
• noncongruent
• ultracongruent
• uncongruent

Translations

corresponding in character

Bulgarian: съответен (bg) (sǎotveten) Chinese: Mandarin: 一致的 Czech: souhlasný (cs), slučitelný Finnish: yhdenmukainen (fi) French: conforme (fr), convenable (fr) Hungarian: kongruens (hu) Indonesian: sebangun Irish: comhionann Persian: هماهنگ (fa) Portuguese: congruente (pt) Russian: соотве́тствующий (ru) (sootvétstvujuščij), совпада́ющий (ru) (sovpadájuščij)

harmonious — see harmonious

with difference divisible by modulus

Bulgarian: конгруентен (kongruenten) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: kongruentní Esperanto: kongrua Finnish: kongruentti French: congru (fr) German: kongruent (de) Icelandic: samleifa m Polish: przystający m, kongruentny Portuguese: congruente (pt) Russian: конгруэ́нтный (ru) (kongruéntnyj) Spanish: congruente (es) Swedish: kongruent (sv) Tagalog: magkalapat, kalapat

coinciding when superimposed

Bulgarian: съвпадащ (bg) (sǎvpadašt) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: shodný (cs) Finnish: yhtenevä (fi) Hindi: सर्वांगसम (sarvāṅgsam) Hungarian: egybevágó (hu) Icelandic: samsniða m, aljafn m, eins (is) m Indonesian: kongruen Malay: kongruen Polish: przystający m Portuguese: congruente (pt) Spanish: congruente (es) Swedish: kongruent (sv) Tagalog: magkalapat, kalapat

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French: (please verify) congru (fr)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin congruēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔŋ.ɣryˈɛnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: con‧gru‧ent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

congruent (comparative congruenter, superlative congruentst)

1. congruent

   Synonym: gelijkvormig

   Antonym: incongruent

Declension

Declension of congruent
uninflected	congruent
inflected	congruente
comparative	congruenter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		congruent	congruenter	het congruentst het congruentste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	congruente	congruentere	congruentste
	n. sing.	congruent	congruenter	congruentste
	plural	congruente	congruentere	congruentste
definite		congruente	congruentere	congruentste
partitive		congruents	congruenters	—

Related terms

• congruentie
• congrueren
• incongruent

Latin

Verb

congruent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of congruō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French congruent.

Adjective

congruent m or n (feminine singular congruentă, masculine plural congruenți, feminine and neuter plural congruente)

1. congruent

Declension

Declension of congruent

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	congruent		congruentă		congruenți	congruente
	definite	congruentul		congruenta		congruenții	congruentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	congruent		congruente		congruenți	congruente
	definite	congruentului		congruentei		congruenților	congruentelor