different between congruence vs compatible

English

Etymology

From Middle English congruence, from Latin congruentia (“agreement”), from congru?ns, present active participle of congru? (“meet together, agree”).

Noun

congruence (plural congruences)

1. The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.
2. (mathematics, number theory) A relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number.
3. (mathematics, geometry) The quality of being isometric — roughly, the same measure and shape.
4. (algebra) More generally: any equivalence relation defined on an algebraic structure which is preserved by operations defined by the structure.

Synonyms

• congruency, congruity

Derived terms

• incongruence

Related terms

• congruent

Translations

See also

• residue

French

Etymology

From Latin congruentia (“agreement”), from congru?ns, present active participle of congru? (“meet together, agree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.??y.??s/
• Homophone: congruences

Noun

congruence f (plural congruences)

1. (mathematics) congruence

Related terms

• congru

Further reading

• “congruence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

from Middle French compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis (“in compatible beneficium, a benefice which could be held together with another one”), from Late Latin compati (“to suffer with”)

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /k?m?pæt?b?l/

Adjective

compatible (comparative more compatible, superlative most compatible)

1. Capable of easy interaction.

2. Able to get along well.

3. Consistent; congruous.

Antonyms

• incompatible
• noncompatible

Hyponyms

Related terms

• compassion
• compatibility

Translations

Noun

compatible (plural compatibles)

1. Something that is compatible with something else.

   a computer company that sells IBM compatibles

Further reading

• compatible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• compatible in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Asturian

Adjective

compatible (epicene, plural compatibles)

1. compatible (capable of easy interaction)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kom.p??ti.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kum.p??ti.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kom.pa?ti.ble/

Adjective

compatible (masculine and feminine plural compatibles)

1. compatible

   Antonym: incompatible

Derived terms

• compatibilitat
• incompatible

Further reading

• “compatible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “compatible” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “compatible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “compatible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.pa.tibl/

Adjective

compatible (plural compatibles)

1. compatible

Antonyms

• incompatible

Derived terms

• compatibilité

Further reading

• “compatible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• compatíbel

Adjective

compatible m or f (plural compatibles)

1. compatible

Middle French

Adjective

compatible m or f (plural compatibles)

1. compatible

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (compatible, supplement)

Spanish

Adjective

compatible (plural compatibles)

1. compatible

   Antonym: incompatible

Related terms

• compatibilidad

Further reading

• “compatible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.