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The quality of agreeing
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congruity
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Word definitions for congruity in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The quality of agreeing; the quality of being suitable and appropriate. 2 An instance or point of agreement or correspondence; a resemblance.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Congruity \Con*gru"i*ty\ (? or ?), n.; pl. Congruities . [Cf. F. congruit?.] The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency. With what congruity doth the church of Rome deny ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate [syn: congruousness , congruence ] [ant: incongruity , incongruity ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French congruité "relevance, appropriateness," from Late Latin congruitatem (nominative congruens ) "agreement," from congruus (see congruent ).
Usage examples of congruity.
What's interesting about these studies is how the congruities keep occurring over and over in the same areas, as if there were certain categories in which they are allowed to operate.
Both emphasize the congruities between past and present, the relationships between them, rather than treating them as separate and distinct entities.
But he was very likely to get useful technology from the spaceship itself, since the spaceship had been made by men, and congruity was high.
His probe vessel, like ourselves, probably broke dimensional congruity with the universe due to some Tau phenomenon when passing through the light barrier.
I surmise that if we can get one dimension back into congruity, the others will follow.
At any rate, this necessary congruity, this shape required for contact, presumes proper connectives.
At any rate, this necessary congruity, this shape required for contact, presumes proper connectives.