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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne