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CONGRUENT

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

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Meaning:

Corresponding in character or kind

Synonyms:

congruent; congruous

Similar:

appropriate; harmonious (suitable and fitting)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Coinciding when superimposed

Similar:

coincident; coinciding (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)

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