Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Congruent
Con′gru-ent
,Adj.
[L.
congruens
, p. pr. of congruere
: cf. F. congruent
.] Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding.
The
congruent
and harmonious fitting of parts in a sentence. B. Jonson.
Congruent figures
(Geom.)
, concurring figures.
Webster 1828 Edition
Congruent
CONGRUENT
,Adj.
Definition 2024
congruent
congruent
English
Adjective
congruent (comparative more congruent, superlative most congruent)
- Corresponding in character.
- harmonious
- (mathematics) Having a difference divisible by a modulus.
- (mathematics) Coinciding exactly when superimposed.
- (algebra) Satisfying a congruence relation.
Usage notes
- In mathematics, this adjective can be used in phrases like "A and B are congruent", "A is congruent to B", and, less commonly, "A is congruent with B".
Synonyms
Derived terms
- congruent number, congruent triangle
Translations
corresponding in character
|
|
harmonious
|
|
with difference divisible by modulus
|
|
coinciding when superimposed
|
|
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Adjective
congruent (comparative congruenter, superlative congruentst)
Inflection
| Inflection of congruent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | congruent | |||
| inflected | congruente | |||
| comparative | congruenter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | congruent | congruenter | het congruentst het congruentste |
|
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | congruente | congruentere | congruentste |
| n. sing. | congruent | congruenter | congruentste | |
| plural | congruente | congruentere | congruentste | |
| definite | congruente | congruentere | congruentste | |
| partitive | congruents | congruenters | — | |