单词 | congruent |
释义 | congruent[ kong-groo-uhnt, kuhn-groo-, kuhng- ] / ˈkɒŋ gru ənt, kənˈgru-, kəŋ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR congruent ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveagreeing; accordant; congruous. Mathematics. of or relating to two numbers related by a congruence. Geometry. coinciding at all points when superimposed: congruent triangles. Origin of congruent1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin congruent- (stem of congruēns, present participle of congruere “to come together, fit in, agree”), equivalent to con- con- + -gru- base of uncertain meaning (attested only in this verb and ingruere “to fall upon”) + -ent- -ent OTHER WORDS FROM congruentcon·gru·ent·ly, adverbnon·con·gru·ent, adjectivenon·con·gru·ent·ly, adverbWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH congruentcongruous, congruentDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for congruentcongruent / (ˈkɒŋɡrʊənt) / adjectiveagreeing; corresponding; congruous having identical shapes so that all parts correspondcongruent triangles Compare similar (def. 2) of or concerning two integers related by a congruence Derived forms of congruentcongruently, adverbWord Origin for congruentC15: from Latin congruere to meet together, agree Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for congruentcongruent [ kŏng′grōō-ənt, kən-grōō′ənt ] Relating to geometric figures that have the same size and shape. Two triangles are congruent, for example, if their sides are of the same length and their internal angles are of the same measure. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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