Look up: congruence

1. Congruence
   When all of a person`s internal beliefs, strategies, and behaviours are fully in agreement and oriented toward securing a desired outcome. Words, voice and body language - give the same message.
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2. Congruence
   Con'gru·ence noun [ Latin congruentia : confer Old French cornguence .] Suitableness of one thing to another; agreement; consistency. Holland.
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3. Congruence
   • (n.) Suitableness of one thing to another; agreement; consistency.
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4. congruence
   (from the article `Chinese remainder theorem`) The theorem can be expressed in modern general terms using congruence notation. (For an explanation of congruence, modular arithmetic.) Let ... Congruence methods provide a useful tool in determining the number of solutions to a Diophantine equation. Applied to the simplest Diophantine ......
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5. Congruence
   (geometry) to them. The last figure is neither similar nor congruent to any of the others. Note that congruences alter some properties, such as location and orientation, but leave others unchanged, like distance and angles. The unchanged properties are called invariants. In geometry, two figu...
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6. Congruence
   `Congruence` is the state achieved by coming together, the state of agreement. The Latin <i lang="la">congruere</i> means to come together or agree. As an abstract term, congruence means similarity between objects. Congruence, as opposed to equivalence or approximation, is a relation...
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7. Congruence
   (general relativity) In general relativity, a `congruence` (more properly, a `congruence of curves`) is the set of integral curves of a (nowhere vanishing) vector field in a four-dimensional Lorentzian manifold which is interpreted physically as a model of spacetime. Often this manifold will ...
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8. Congruence
   (manifolds) In the theory of smooth manifolds, a `congruence` is the set of integral curves defined by a nonvanishing vector field defined on the manifold. Congruences are an important concept in general relativity, and are also important in parts of Riemannian geometry. A motivational exampl...
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