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congruent

  • adjective
  • con·gru·ent
  • /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹu.ənt/

corresponding in character; congruous.

Other meanings

  1. Having a difference divisible by a modulus.

  2. Coinciding exactly when superimposed.

Example sentences

  • “Their statements were not congruent.”

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Word history

From Latin "congruēns".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “congruent” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.