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Synonyms for congruent

Grammar : Adj
Spell : kong-groo-uh nt, kuh n-groo-, kuh ng-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒŋ gru ənt, kənˈgru-, kəŋ-


Définition of congruent

Origin :
  • early 15c., "suitable, proper," from Latin congruentem (nominative congruens) "agreeing, fit, suitable," present participle of congruere, literally "to come together, agree, correspond with," from com- "with" (see com-) + a lost verb *gruere, *ruere "fall, rush," perhaps from PIE *ghrei- "to rub, grind" (see chrism). Geometry sense attested by 1706.
  • adj agreeable, harmonious
Example sentences :
  • Congruent people are well integrated, no longer in need of "masks."
  • Extract from : « When You Don't Know Where to Turn » by Steven J. Bartlett
  • Form of the outer shell not a sphere, but a regular octahedron, with eight congruent, equilateral triangular even faces.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Some objects when thought of are congruent to our existing state of activity.
  • Extract from : « Human Nature and Conduct » by John Dewey
  • They are not congruent and can never be in the actualized universe.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Space » by Robert T. Browne
  • Chief among these are the words "equal," "congruent," and "equivalent."
  • Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
  • It is rather a definition of "equal," or of "congruent," to take the modern term.
  • Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
  • The transparency is then transferred and adjusted to the other enlargement, the curves of which should be seen to be congruent.
  • Extract from : « Dactylography » by Henry Faulds
  • We therefore speak of congruent triangles and congruent parallelograms as being those that are superposable.
  • Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
  • Congruent polygons are therefore necessarily equivalent, but equivalent polygons are not in general congruent.
  • Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
  • There are dozens of measurements that can be made by simply constructing a triangle that shall be congruent to another triangle.
  • Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith

Antonyms for congruent

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