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CONGRUENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does congruence mean?
• CONGRUENCE (noun)
The noun CONGRUENCE has 1 sense:
1. the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
Familiarity information: CONGRUENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
congruence; congruity; congruousness
Hypernyms ("congruence" is a kind of...):
harmoniousness; harmony (compatibility in opinion and action)
Derivation:
congruent (coinciding when superimposed)
congruent (corresponding in character or kind)
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