congruent
English
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) (file)
- (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)
- Corresponding in character; congruous
- Harmonious.
- (mathematics) Having a difference divisible by a modulus.
- (mathematics) Coinciding exactly when superimposed.
- (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
Derived terms
- congruent number, congruent triangle
- ultracongruent
Translations
corresponding in character
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harmonious — see harmonious
with difference divisible by modulus
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coinciding when superimposed
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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔŋ.ɣryˈɛnt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: con‧gru‧ent
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Adjective
congruent (comparative congruenter, superlative congruentst)
- congruent
- Synonym: gelijkvormig
Inflection
| Inflection 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
Latin
Romanian
Adjective
congruent m or n (feminine singular congruentă, masculine plural congruenți, feminine and neuter plural congruente)
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 | |||
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