congruent

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin congruēns, present active participle of congruō (“meet together, agree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹuː.ənt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːŋ.ɡɹuː.ənt/
• Hyphenation: con‧gru‧ent

Adjective

congruent (comparative more congruent, superlative most congruent)

1. Corresponding in character; congruous
2. Harmonious.
3. (mathematics) Having a difference divisible by a modulus.
4. (mathematics) Coinciding exactly when superimposed.
5. (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

Derived terms

• congruent number, congruent triangle
• ultracongruent

Translations

corresponding in character

• Bulgarian: съответен (bg) (sǎotveten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一致的

• Finnish: yhdenmukainen (fi)
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• French: conforme (fr), convenable (fr)
• 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
• Finnish: kongruentti
• German: kongruent (de)
• Icelandic: samleifa m
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• Polish: przystający m, kongruentny
• Portuguese: congruente (pt)
• Russian: конгруэ́нтный (ru) (kongruéntnyj)
• Spanish: congruente
• Swedish: kongruent (sv)
• Tagalog: magkalapat, kalapat

coinciding when superimposed

• Bulgarian: съвпадащ (bg) (sǎvpadašt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: yhtenevä (fi)
• Icelandic: samsniða m, aljafn m, eins (is) m
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• Polish: przystający m
• Portuguese: congruente (pt)
• Spanish: congruente
• Swedish: kongruent (sv)
• Tagalog: magkalapat, kalapat

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• French: ^{(please verify)} congru (fr)
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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

congruent (comparative congruenter, superlative congruentst)

1. congruent

Inflection

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

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) congruent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of congruō