congruence

[ kong-groo-uhns, kuhn-groo-, kuhng- ]

noun

1. the quality or state of agreeing or corresponding.
2. Mathematics. a relation between two numbers indicating that the numbers give the same remainder when divided by some given number. Compare residue ( def 4b ).
3. Geometry. the relationship that exists between two figures when one can be superimposed over the other and all their angles and sides coincide, as a mirror image:

   the congruence of trapezoids with identical measurements.

congruence

/ ˈkɒŋɡrʊəns; ˈkɒŋɡrʊənsɪ /

noun

1. the quality or state of corresponding, agreeing, or being congruent
2. maths the relationship between two integers, x and y, such that their difference, with respect to another positive integer called the modulus, n, is a multiple of the modulus. Usually written x ≡ y (mod n ), as in 25 ≡ 11 ( mod 7 )

Other Words From

• non·con·gru·ence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of congruence¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin congruentia, derivative of congruent- congruent; -ence

Example Sentences

Such congruence is likely meaningful to MacDonnell, a meditation teacher whose show is unified by visual style and local musician Mark Cisneros’s ambient score.

From Washington Post

Reaching these milestones is also associated with higher levels of appearance congruence, meaning that a person’s appearance represents their gender identity.

From No Straight News

The two were motivated by a desire to find tetrahedra that could be cut up and reassembled as a cube of the same volume, a property known as scissors congruence.

From Quanta Magazine

The congruence of interests creates this historic opportunity.

From The Daily Beast

Is there a complete congruence of form-relationship between larv on the one hand and imagines on the other?

From Project Gutenberg

All these cases show a complete congruence in the two kinds of form-relationship; but exceptions are not wanting.

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The number of the changes would here alone determine whether congruence or incongruence occurred between the two stages.

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We shall find in the next lecture that it is from this symmetry that the theory of congruence is deduced.

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What is this but a judgment of congruence applied to the train of successive positions of the yard  measure?

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