🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

congruência

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kõɡɾuˈẽsiɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Congruence/ˈkɒŋ.ɡru.əns/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A congruência de suas ideias levou a uma colaboração bem-sucedida."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality or state of being in agreement, harmony, or correspondence.

    "The congruence of their ideas led to a successful collaboration."
  2. 2

    In mathematics, a relation between two figures or objects that are identical in shape and size.

    "The congruence of the triangles was proven through side-angle-side criteria."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'congruence' originates from the Latin 'congruere', meaning 'to agree, to coincide', which itself is derived from 'con-' (together) and 'gruere' (to fall). The term evolved in the late Middle Ages to describe mathematical and geometrical relationships, and has since expanded to encompass broader contexts of agreement and harmony.

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