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🤝 In agreement 🔷 Same shape and size
congruent

congruent

2 5.6
The same shape and size so they fit exactly when placed on top of each other
  • adjective
  • /kənˈɡruːənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : congruente
  • Two triangles are congruent when one fits exactly over the other.
  • congruent conditions
  • congruent numbers
  • congruent communication

Examples

  • When two triangles are congruent, one can be placed exactly over the other.

  • If two lines are cut by a transversal, the corresponding angles are congruent.

    Out of the Blue (1981)

  • Many congruent numbers were known prior to the new calculation.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Yet styles and genres are not fully congruent with each other.

    Academic text (2002)

  • So now you can say RV is congruent to TV, right?

  • We've been told that side MN is congruent to side NO.

  • Opposite sides are congruent.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Each diagonal divides the figure into two congruent triangles.

    Academic text (2015)

  • So, if lines AB and CD are parallel, then angles MNO and PQR must be congruent.

    Plain Clothes (1988)

  • The two shapes are congruent if they have the same size and shape.

Antonyms

incongruent
1 7.9

Not matching what it should be in shape or meaning

How Congruent

identical
237 2.9
congruent
  • Specialized
2 5.6
similar
∞ 1.0
different
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

congruent positive
congruenter comparative
congruentest superlative

Morphology

congruent = con + gru + ent

The adjective is historically built from con- + a combining root + -ent, and while the sense 'coinciding' relates to 'together', the precise mathematical meaning 'same shape and size' is a specialized usage that many learners would not derive from the pieces alone.

Etymology

Congruent comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and gruere 'to fit'. So congruent describes shapes that 'fit together' exactly, which is why they match when you put one on top of another.