congruence

congruence
/kong"grooh euhns, keuhn grooh"-, keuhng-/, n.
1. the quality or state of agreeing or corresponding.
2. Math. a relation between two numbers indicating that the numbers give the same remainder when divided by some given number. Cf. residue (def. 4b).
[1400-50; late ME < L congruentia, deriv. of congruent- CONGRUENT; see -ENCE]

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