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congruence

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con⋅gru⋅ence

  [kong-groo-uhns, kuhn-groo-, kuhng-]
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–noun
1. the quality or state of agreeing or corresponding.
2. Mathematics. a relation between two numbers indicating that the numbers give the same remainder when divided by some given number. Compare residue (def. 4b).
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L congruentia, deriv. of congruent- congruent; see -ence
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con·gru·ence   (kŏng'grōō-əns, kən-grōō'-)   
n.  

    1. Agreement, harmony, conformity, or correspondence.

    2. An instance of this: "What an extraordinary congruence of genius and era" (Rita Rack).

    3. The state of being congruent.

    4. A statement that two quantities are congruent.

  2. Mathematics

    1. The state of being congruent.

    2. A statement that two quantities are congruent.

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