English Explanatory Dictionary

congruence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.
  2. A relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number.
  3. The quality of being isometric — roughly, the same measure and shape.
  4. Matrix similarity by an orthogonal matrix.
  5. Any equivalence relation defined on an algebraic structure which is preserved by operations defined by the structure.
  6. A well-adjusted state or condition in which people are not lying to themselves or in denial.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹʊ.əns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-congruence.wav /ˈkɑŋ.ɡɹu.əns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-congruence.wav /ˈkɔŋ.ɡɹʉ.əns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-congruence.wav

Word forms

congruence congruences

Etymology

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

Synonyms

congruency congruity

Antonyms

incongruence incongruency incongruity

Related words

congruent residue

Derived words

congruence class incongruence noncongruence precongruence pseudocongruence scissor congruence scissors congruence supercongruence

Translations

Armenian: համաձայնություն Armenian: համապատասխանություն Bulgarian: съгласуване Bulgarian: съответствие Chinese Mandarin: 一致 Finnish: yhdenmukaisuus Finnish: sopivuus French: congruence German: Kongruenz Ido: kongruo Irish: comhionannas Polish: stosowność Polish: kongruencja Portuguese: congruência Romanian: congruență Russian: конгруэ́нтность Spanish: congruencia Ottoman Turkish: طباق
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