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Definition of: congruent
(kong′gr
·ənt) adjective
1. Having mutual agreement or conformity; correspondent; appropriate.
2. Math. Describing two geometric figures which may be exactly superposed on each other, or two numbers which will give the same remainders when divided by a given quantity called the modulus. [<L congruens, -entis, ppr. of congruere agree]
—con′gru·ent·ly adverb
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