congruence
English
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin congruentia (“agreement”), from congruēns, present active participle of congruō (“meet together, agree”).
Noun
congruence (plural congruences)
- The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.
- (mathematics, number theory) A relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number.
- (mathematics, geometry) The quality of being isometric — roughly, the same measure and shape.
- (algebra) More generally: any equivalence relation defined on an algebraic structure which is preserved by operations defined by the structure.
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the quality of agreeing or corresponding
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number theory, relation indicating two numbers give the same remainder when divided by some number
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geometry, quality of being roughly the same size and shape
equivalence relation preserved by operations
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French
Etymology
From Latin congruentia (“agreement”), from congruēns, present active participle of congruō (“meet together, agree”).
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Further reading
- “congruence” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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