congruence
/ˈkɒŋɡrʊəns
/noun [mass noun]
Agreement or harmony; compatibility: the results show quite good congruence with recent studies...
- More momentously, geometric proofs are guided by our deep ability to see points, lines, shapes and their symmetries, similarities and congruences.
- From coincidence, to congruence, to harmony, to synergy, the two films have to stand the new ground that they cut.
- That is, in order to be homologous, structures must satisfy the tests of similarity, congruence and conjunction.
Synonyms
compatibility, consistency, conformity, match, balance, consonance, rapport, parallelism, congruity;
consilience;
agreement, concord, accord, consensus, unanimity, harmony, unison, unity, concert
Derivatives
congruency
- The benefit of community involvement and congruency with the mission statement should be emphasized as part of this process.
- And companies must themselves embody those stories with congruency and authenticity.
- It's a lazy reflex to draw congruencies between a writer's manner and their prose, but her paragraphs have the same scrupulousness, the same deliberate observation.
- bibliometric
- bibliometrics
- bibliophile
- bibliophilic
- bibliophily
- bibliopole
- bibliotheca
- bibliotherapy
- Bibliothèque nationale
- bibliotic
- bibliotics
- bibliotist
- bib overalls
- bib tap
- bibulous
- bibulously
- bibulousness
- bicameral
- bicameralism
- bicarb
- bicarbonate
- bicarbonate of soda
- bice
- bicentenary
- bicentennial