"congruent" meaning in English

See congruent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹu.ənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑŋ.ɡɹu.ənt/ [Atlantic-Canada, General-American], /kənˈɡɹu.ənt/ [Atlantic-Canada, General-American], /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹu.ənt/ [Canada], /ˈkɔŋ.ɡɹʉ.ənt/ [Australia], /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹʉ.ənt/ [New-Zealand], [ˈkɔ̟ŋ.ɡɹʉ.ənt] [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-congruent.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more congruent [comparative], most congruent [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English congruent, from Latin congruēns, present active participle of congruō (“meet together, agree”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|congruent}} Middle English congruent, {{der|en|la|congruēns}} Latin congruēns Head templates: {{en-adj}} congruent (comparative more congruent, superlative most congruent)
  1. Corresponding in character; congruous. Translations (corresponding in character): съответен (săotveten) (Bulgarian), 相符的 (xiāngfú de) (Chinese Mandarin), 相稱的 /相称的 (xiāngchèn de) (Chinese Mandarin), souhlasný (Czech), slučitelný (Czech), yhdenmukainen (Finnish), conforme (French), convenable (French), congruent (French), kongruens (Hungarian), sebangun (Indonesian), comhionann (Irish), هماهنگ (Persian), congruente (Portuguese), соотве́тствующий (sootvétstvujuščij) (Russian), совпада́ющий (sovpadájuščij) (Russian)
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  2. Harmonious.
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  3. (mathematics) Having a difference divisible by a modulus. Translations (with difference divisible by modulus): конгруентен (kongruenten) (Bulgarian), 同餘的 /同余的 (tóngyú de) (Chinese Mandarin), kongruentní (Czech), kongrua (Esperanto), kongruentti (Finnish), congru (French), kongruent (German), samleifa [masculine] (Icelandic), przystający [masculine] (Polish), kongruentny (Polish), congruente (Portuguese), конгруэ́нтный (kongruéntnyj) (Russian), congruente (Spanish), kongruent (Swedish), magkalapat (Tagalog), kalapat (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-congruent-en-adj-en:mathematics Categories (other): Mathematics Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'with difference divisible by modulus': 10 1 74 10 5
  4. (mathematics) Coinciding exactly when superimposed. Translations (coinciding when superimposed): съвпадащ (săvpadašt) (Bulgarian), 全等的 (quánděng de) (Chinese Mandarin), shodný (Czech), yhtenevä (Finnish), सर्वांगसम (sarvāṅgsam) (Hindi), egybevágó (Hungarian), samsniða [masculine] (Icelandic), aljafn [masculine] (Icelandic), eins [masculine] (Icelandic), kongruen (Indonesian), kongruen (Malay), przystający [masculine] (Polish), congruente (Portuguese), congruente (Spanish), kongruent (Swedish), magkalapat (Tagalog), kalapat (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-congruent-en-adj-en:geometry Categories (other): Mathematics Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'coinciding when superimposed': 7 1 4 85 3
  5. (algebra) Satisfying a congruence relation. Translations (satisfying a congruence relation): 同餘的 /同余的 (tóngyú de) (Chinese Mandarin), 全等的 (quánděng de) (Chinese Mandarin), kongruentti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-congruent-en-adj-JoRq~zmX Categories (other): Algebra Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'satisfying a congruence relation': 3 0 4 6 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: congruently, congruent number, congruent triangle, incongruent, noncongruent, scissor-congruent, scissors-congruent, ultracongruent, uncongruent Related terms: congruence
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "săvpadašt",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "word": "съвпадащ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "quánděng de",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "word": "全等的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "word": "shodný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "word": "yhtenevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "sarvāṅgsam",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "word": "सर्वांगसम"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "word": "egybevágó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samsniða"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aljafn"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eins"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "word": "kongruen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "word": "kongruen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przystający"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "word": "congruente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "word": "congruente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "word": "kongruent"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "word": "magkalapat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "coinciding when superimposed",
      "word": "kalapat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "tóngyú de",
      "sense": "satisfying a congruence relation",
      "word": "同餘的 /同余的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "quánděng de",
      "sense": "satisfying a congruence relation",
      "word": "全等的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "satisfying a congruence relation",
      "word": "kongruentti"
    }
  ],
  "word": "congruent"
}

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