congruent: [15] Etymologically, triangles that are congruent ‘come together’ or ‘agree’ – that is, are similar. The word comes from congruēns, the present participle of Latin congruere ‘come together, meet, agree’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and a verb, *gruere, not found elsewhere (some have linked it with Latin ruere ‘fall’ – ultimate source of English ruin – in which case congruere would have meant literally ‘fall together’, but others have seen a connection with Greek zakhrēēs ‘attacking violently’). Incongruous is a 17thcentury adoption from Latin incongruus.
congruent (adj.)
early 15c., "suitable, proper," from Latin congruentem (nominative congruens) "agreeing, fit, suitable," present participle of congruere, literally "to come together, agree, correspond with," from com- "with" (see com-) + a lost verb *gruere, *ruere "fall, rush," perhaps from PIE *ghrei- "to rub, grind" (see chrism). Geometry sense attested by 1706.
实用例句
1. All of these are congruent triangles.
所有这些都是全等三角形.
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2. They want to work in an organisation whose values are congruent with their own.
他们想在一个符合自己价值观的机构里工作。
来自柯林斯例句
3. We have shown that the two triangles OAB and IAB are congruent.
我们已经证明三角形OAB和IAB全等.
来自辞典例句
4. A uniformly congruent security model is presented based on observational congruence.
基于观察同余等价,构造了一类一致同余安全模型.
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5. This research mainly concerns the nature of mood congruent effects.
