congruence
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English
Etymology
From Middle English congruence, from Latin congruentia (“agreement”), from congruēns, present active participle of congruō (“meet together, agree”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹʊ.əns/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US, General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋ.ɡɹu.əns/
Audio (New Jersey): (file)
- (AU, Australian English) IPA(key): /ˈkɔŋ.ɡɹʉ.əns/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
congruence (countable and uncountable, 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.
- (mathematics, linear algebra) Matrix similarity by an orthogonal matrix.
- (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
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linear algebra, matrix similarity by an orthogonal matrix
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algebra, 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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ɡʁy.ɑ̃s/
- Homophone: congruences
Audio: (file)
Noun
congruence f (plural congruences)
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Further reading
- “congruence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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