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con⋅gru⋅ent

  [kong-groo-uhnt, kuhn-groo-, kuhng-]
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–adjective
1. agreeing; accordant; congruous.
2. Mathematics. of or pertaining to two numbers related by a congruence.
3. Geometry. coinciding at all points when superimposed: congruent triangles.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L congruent- (s. of congruēns, prp. of congruere to come together, fit in, agree), equiv. to con- con- + -gru- base of uncert. meaning (attested only in this v. and ingruere to fall upon) + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
con⋅gru⋅ent⋅ly, adverb
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con·gru·ent   (kŏng'grōō-ənt, kən-grōō'-)   
adj.  

  1. Corresponding; congruous.

  2. Mathematics

    1. Coinciding exactly when superimposed: congruent triangles.

    2. Of or relating to two numbers that have the same remainder when divided by a third number. For example, 11 and 26 are congruent when the modulus is 5.


[Middle English, from Latin congruēns, congruent-, present participle of congruere, to agree.]
con'gru·ent·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

congruent 
1432, from L. congruentem (nom. congruens), prp. of congruere "to come together, agree, correspond with," from com- "with" + *gruere, *ruere "fall, rush."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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