单词 | congruence |
释义 | congruencen. 1. The fact or condition of according or agreeing; accordance, correspondence, harmony. Const. with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [noun] accordmentc1330 accorda1398 consonancya1398 unitya1398 accordancea1400 commoningc1400 convenience1413 correspondence1413 answeringc1425 conformityc1430 consonance1430 congruity1447 concordancec1450 consonantc1475 agreement1495 monochordc1500 conveniencya1513 agreeance1525 agreeableness1531 concinnity1531 congruence1533 harmony?1533 concent1563 tunableness1569 agreeing1575 answerableness1577 concert1578 consent1578 sympathy1578 concord1579 symphonia1579 correspondency1589 atone1595 coherence1597 respondence1598 symphony1598 sortance1600 coherency1603 respondency1603 symbolizing1605 coaptation1614 compositiona1616 sympathizing1632 comportance1648 compliance1649 syntax1649 concinneness1655 symmetry1655 homology1656 consistency1659 consentaneousness1660 consistence1670 comportment1675 harmoniousness1679 symbolism1722 congruousness1727 accordancy1790 sameness1790 consentaneity1798 consilience1840 chime1847 consensus1854 solidarity1874 synchromesh1966 concordancing1976 1533 W. Tyndale Supper of Lord in Wks. (1573) 468 That analogie and proper congruence of the figures with their verities. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 223 (R.) Such was the congruence of their humours and dispositions. 1642 H. Ainsworth Orthodox Found. Relig. 59 As sinne is a difference from Gods Law, so justice is a congruence with the Law. 1805 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 95 243 Our idea of the congruence or harmony of the celestial motions. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 337 Even in minor matters we trace the same congruence between Apollos and the writer of this Epistle [Hebrews]. 2. a. Accordance with what is right, fitting, or reasonable; = congruity n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] covenablenessa1382 covenabletec1384 propertya1387 abilitya1398 congruencec1430 conveniencec1430 meetnessc1449 congruencya1513 conveniency1526 congruity1530 familiarity1551 suitableness1594 familiarnessa1617 idoneity1617 connaturalnessa1628 suitability1648 adequateness1650 adaptness1657 competibilitya1660 accommodateness1660 adaptation1663 adaptedness1673 evenliness1674 condecence1678 decorousness1678 feating1682 resemblance1715 idoneousness1727 appropriateness1731 favourableness1775 adaptitude1806 adaptment1831 c1430 tr. Thomas à Kempis Imitation of Christ i. xix Also for congruence [of tyme] diuersite of exercises plesiþ. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie iii. f. 11v This fishe maye with more congruence be borne in armes, then many others. 1656 H. Jeanes Mixture Scholasticall Divinity 73 This is farre short of a demonstration..It is, at the best, but a philosophical congruence. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suitable or appropriate [phrase] > as suitable or reasonable of good congruence (of due or very congruence, by good congruence, in good c., etc.)1447 of a congruencya1513 of good congruity1530 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 117 Agna is a lamb, a best ful meke And sympyl also..Wych tuo to Anneys by good congruence Longyn. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 1088 Who then aught of verrey congruence To be mor glad than I? 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 352/1 Not in reason onely and good congrewence, but also by plaine ordinaunce and statute. 1533 W. Tyndale Supper of Lord in Wks. (1573) 460 It was expedient and of good congruence that he should dye. 1618 M. Dalton Countrey Justice 141 This Recognisance which the Iustice of peace taketh..is rather of congruence, then by any expresse authoritie giuen them. 3. Grammar. Agreement or concord: grammatical correctness. See congruity n. 4 (See also quot. 1958.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [noun] > concord or agreement congruity1393 concord1530 agreement1549 concordancea1568 congruence1933 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > derivation > state of being derived from same word conjugation1628 cognation1862 congruence1958 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Congruence or Congruity..'tis properly said of a Theme, or Discourse, in which there is no Fault committed contrary to Grammar-Rules. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xii. 191 Congruence plays a great part in many languages; witness for example the inflection of the adjectives in most Indo-European languages in congruence with various subclasses (number, gender, case) of the noun. 1942 B. Bloch & G. L. Trager Outl. Ling. Anal. v. 77 I am..he is..we are. Here..the finite verb varies according to the class of another constituent, the actor expression. This kind of selection is called congruence. 1958 A. S. C. Ross Etymol. i. 28 Two languages are related if..they were once one language... The word congruence in application to parts of two related languages is to be understood in precisely the sense in which the word relationship is applied..to the two languages themselves. Thus, English stone and German stein are congruent because..they were both one word in..Primitive Germanic. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > doctrine concerning grace > [noun] > congruity congruencea1540 congruity1553 Congruism1885 a1540 R. Barnes in W. Tyndale et al. Wks. (1573) 273/1 M. Duns sayth, that man may performe his attrition, of his naturall power, yea, and this attrition of congruence, is a disposition to take away mortall sinne, without any speciall grace. 1554 T. Sampson in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xviii. 48 Herein they so enwrap themselves with their terms of the first grace..with merit of congruence and merit of condignity. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. iii. 179 They admit not of the merit of Congruence, condignity, nor works of Supererogation. 5. Geometry. = congruency n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [noun] > set or system of peacock's tail1570 harmonicala1746 pencil1840 harmonic pencil1862 sheaf1863 congruency1864 linkage1874 congruence1879 1879 Henrici Geometry in Encycl. Brit. X. 407/1 A double infinite number of lines, that is, all lines which satisfy two conditions, or which are common to two complexes, are said to form a congruence of lines, e.g. all lines in a plane, or all lines cutting two curves, or all lines cutting a given curve twice..It follows that all lines in which corresponding planes in two projective pencils meet form a congruence. 6. Theory of Numbers. The relation between two numbers which being divided by a third number, called the modulus, give the same remainder; also an expression exhibiting two congruous quantities in the form of an equation; thus, A ≡ B (modern P). See congruent adj. 5.A congruence may be of any order, linear, quadratic, or other. The general type of a linear congruence is ax + b ≡ 0 (modern P), where a, b, and P are given numbers, and x a number to be determined. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > relationship between quantities > congruence congruence1889 1801 C. F. Gauss Disq. Arithm. (Lipsiae) §25 Expressionem duas quantitates congruas exhibentem ad instar aequationum, congruentiam vocamus.] 1889 G. Chrystal Algebra II. Gauss..made the notion of Congruence the fundamental idea in his famous Disquisitiones Arithmeticæ. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1430 |
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