Associations to the word «Congruence»

Wiktionary

CONGRUENCE, noun. The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.
CONGRUENCE, noun. (mathematics) (number theory) a relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number
CONGRUENCE, noun. (mathematics) (geometry) being isometric — roughly, the same size and shape
CONGRUENCE, noun. (algebra) more generally: any equivalence relation defined on an algebraic structure which is preserved by operation defined by the structure

Dictionary definition

CONGRUENCE, noun. The quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca