Dictionary

congruent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹʉ.ənt/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈkɑŋ.ɡɹu.ənt/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹu.ənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈkɔ̟ŋ.ɡɹʉ.ənt] (New-Zealand)
• /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹu.ənt/ (Canada)
• /kənˈɡɹu.ənt/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• /ˈkɔŋ.ɡɹʉ.ənt/ (Australia)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Corresponding in character; congruous.
   • 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. 2013, Irene Fast, Selving: A Relational Theory of Self Organization, →ISBN, page xii:
2. Harmonious.
3. Having a difference divisible by a modulus.
4. Coinciding exactly when superimposed.
5. Satisfying a congruence relation.

Forms

Antonyms

incongruous

Deriveds

noncongruent · congruent triangle · congruently · scissors-congruent · incongruent · uncongruent · scissor-congruent · congruent number · ultracongruent

Relateds

congruence

Synonyms

compliant · congruent · uniform · conformable · congruous · in step · commensurate · consistent · compliant · conformant · consistent · in line · compatible · proportionate · compatible

Translations (52)

ru соотве́тствующий (corresponding in character) · cmn 同餘的 /同余的 (satisfying a congruence relation) · tl kalapat (coinciding when superimposed) · is samleifa (with difference divisible by modulus) · pl przystający (coinciding when superimposed) · cmn 相符的 (corresponding in character) · cmn 同餘的 /同余的 (with difference divisible by modulus) · fr congru (with difference divisible by modulus) · sv kongruent (with difference divisible by modulus) · cmn 相稱的 /相称的 (corresponding in character) · tl kalapat (with difference divisible by modulus) · ru конгруэ́нтный (with difference divisible by modulus) · id sebangun (corresponding in character) · hi सर्वांगसम (coinciding when superimposed) · de kongruent (with difference divisible by modulus) · cs souhlasný (corresponding in character) · fi kongruentti (satisfying a congruence relation) · es congruente (coinciding when superimposed) · fa هماهنگ (corresponding in character) · fi yhtenevä (coinciding when superimposed) · is aljafn (coinciding when superimposed) · tl magkalapat (coinciding when superimposed) · cs shodný (coinciding when superimposed) · bg конгруентен (with difference divisible by modulus) · cs slučitelný (corresponding in character) · ga comhionann (corresponding in character) · ru совпада́ющий (corresponding in character) · fr conforme (corresponding in character) · fi yhdenmukainen (corresponding in character) · eo kongrua (with difference divisible by modulus) · cmn 全等的 (coinciding when superimposed) · es congruente (with difference divisible by modulus) · is eins (coinciding when superimposed) · cmn 全等的 (satisfying a congruence relation) · pl przystający (with difference divisible by modulus) · cs kongruentní (with difference divisible by modulus) · is samsniða (coinciding when superimposed) · pt congruente (corresponding in character) · fr congruent (corresponding in character) · bg съответен (corresponding in character) · pl kongruentny (with difference divisible by modulus) · id kongruen (coinciding when superimposed) · tl magkalapat (with difference divisible by modulus) · fi kongruentti (with difference divisible by modulus) · sv kongruent (coinciding when superimposed) · pt congruente (with difference divisible by modulus) · bg съвпадащ (coinciding when superimposed) · fr convenable (corresponding in character) · hu kongruens (corresponding in character) · ms kongruen (coinciding when superimposed) · hu egybevágó (coinciding when superimposed) · pt congruente (coinciding when superimposed)