CONGRUENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does congruent mean? 

• CONGRUENT (adjective)
  The adjective CONGRUENT has 2 senses:

1. corresponding in character or kind

2. coinciding when superimposed

  Familiarity information: CONGRUENT used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONGRUENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Corresponding in character or kind

Synonyms:

congruent; congruous

Similar:

harmonious (suitable and fitting)

Also:

appropriate (suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc)

Derivation:

congruence (the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Coinciding when superimposed

Similar:

coincident (matching point for point)

identical; superposable (coinciding exactly when superimposed)

Domain category:

geometry (the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces)

Antonym:

incongruent (not congruent)

Derivation:

congruence (the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate)

 Context examples 

An object that is comprised of six regular, solid, congruent square faces and has three equal axes at right angles to each other.

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