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Definition of congruence
1 : the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent … the happy congruence of nature and reason …— Gertrude Himmelfarb
2 : a statement that two numbers or geometric figures are congruent
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The first known use of congruence was in the 15th century
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