/
ˈkɒŋgrʊənt/
adj.
- in agreement or harmony.
- Geometry (of figures) identical in form.
Derivative
- congruence n.
- congruency n.
- congruently adv.
Etymology
ME: from L. congruent-, congruere ‘agree, meet together’, from con- ‘together’ + ruere ‘fall or rush’.
