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congruence

/ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹʊ.əns//ˈkɑŋ.ɡɹu.əns/

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congruence noun: the quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.

Noun

congruence (countable and uncountable, plural congruences)

  1. The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.
  2. A relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number.
  3. The quality of being isometric — roughly, the same measure and shape.
  4. Matrix similarity by an orthogonal matrix.
  5. (universal) Any equivalence relation defined on an algebraic structure which is preserved by operations defined by the structure.
  6. A well-adjusted state or condition in which people are not lying to themselves or in denial.

congruence meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

congruence in Hindi

geometry, quality of being roughly the same size and shape
सर्वांगसमता sarvāṅgsamtā

congruence in Tamil

சர்வசம உறவு, சர்வசமம், சர்வ சமம்

congruence in Malayalam

conformity, compati-bility, consistency
യോജിപ്പ്, ആനുരൂപ്യം, യുക്തത, ഭംഗി, ചേർച്ച, ഉടമ

congruence in Kannada

ಹೊಂದಿಕೆ, ಅನುರೂಪತೆ

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Antonyms

Forms of congruence

pluralcongruences

Origin of congruence

From Middle English congruence, from Latin congruentia (“agreement”), from congruēns, present active participle of congruō (“meet together, agree”).

Words formed from congruence

Phrases with congruence

Questions about congruence

What does congruence mean?
Congruence means the quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.
What is congruence in Hindi?
Congruence in Hindi is सर्वांगसमता (sarvāṅgsamtā). See Congruence meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is congruence?
Congruence is a noun.
How do you pronounce congruence?
Congruence is pronounced /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹʊ.əns/ (UK).
What is the plural of congruence?
The plural of congruence is congruences.

Words near congruence in the dictionary

  1. congroids
  2. Congrove
  3. Congroves
  4. congrue
  5. congrued
  6. congruence
  7. congruence class
  8. congruence classes
  9. congruences
  10. congruencies
  11. congruency

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Adapted from Wiktionary: congruence (page history and authors); congruence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); congruence (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); congruence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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