Corresponding; congruous.
Mathematics.
This was taken directly from the American Heritage Dictionary
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Congruent, in any basic math, means equal to or the same. For example, if I had to squares that were completely identical, I could say square one is congruent to square to.
If shapes are equal then they are said to be congruent
Same Shape The term congruent, in geometry, means exactly the same, when said about a geometrical figure; if two figures are congruent, they have sides of the same length, and also have the same angles connecting those sides; all measurements are the same.
Congruent is a term used to describe the relation between two shapes, not one
Corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent.