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congruity

/kuhn-groo-i-tee, kon-, kuhng-, kong-/US // kənˈgru ɪ ti, kɒn-, kəŋ-, kɒŋ- //

同义性,统一性,吻合度,吻合性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural con·gru·i·ties.

    • : the state or quality of being congruous; harmony; appropriateness: a congruity of ideas.
    • : the state or quality of being geometrically congruent.
    • : a point of agreement.
    • : Scholasticism. merit bestowed as a divine gift rather than earned.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Scott knew little of Homer, but coincided in the Nestorian humour by mere congruity of genius.

  • There was a fitness of congruity in putting the head of the old, thrifty economist, on the one cent stamp.

  • It was a spot which returned upon the memory of those who loved it with an aspect of peculiar and kindly congruity.

  • It does, however, approximate congruity with these objects as nearly as possible.

  • The object of thinking is to introduce congruity between the two.