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con·gru·en·cy

(kŏng′gro͞o-ən-sē, kən-gro͞o′-)
n. pl. con·gru·en·cies
Congruence.
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con•gru•ence

(ˈkɒŋ gru əns, kənˈgru-, kəŋ-)

n.
1. the quality or state of agreeing or corresponding.
2. a relation between two numbers in which the numbers give the same remainder when divided by a given number.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin]
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