Congruity


[kuh n-groo-i-tee, kon-, kuh ng-, kong-] /kənˈgru ɪ ti, kɒn-, kəŋ-, kɒŋ-/

noun, plural congruities.
1.
the state or quality of being ; harmony; appropriateness:
a congruity of ideas.
2.
the state or quality of being geometrically congruent.
3.
a point of agreement.
4.
Scholasticism. merit bestowed as a divine gift rather than earned.
n.

late 14c., from Old French congruité “relevance, appropriateness,” from Late Latin congruitatem (nominative congruens) “agreement,” from congruus (see congruent).

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