0 similar to or in agreement with something, so that the two things can both exist or can be combined without problems:
1 used to refer to a shape in mathematics that has the same shape and size as another:
congruent triangles
2 having the same size and shape, or matching in size and shape:
congruent figures
A totally congruent system would have a score of zero.
Planned comparisons for the no-flanker task indicated no significant difference between the no-flanker condition and either the congruent or incongruent flanker conditions.
Over the tree values we define the usual structural congruence ; the matching constructs of the language are not able to distinguish between structurally congruent trees.
Programs are structurally congruent if they are the same after removing all chains of forward jumps in favour of direct jumps.
A 'common sense' view of language and communication is, thirdly, congruent with this constellation of ideas.
To be congruent with the a priori reliability, also the a posteriori reliability must be a probability value, not a belief-function one.
In many respects the results are congruent with our third hypothesis.
Proxy assessments by carers were congruent with the patients' responses, especially in relation to vomiting.