incongruent

incongruent
adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin incongruent-, incongruens, from in- + congruent-, congruens congruent Date: 15th century not congruent <
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incongruently adverb

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  • incongruent — INCONGRUÉNT, Ă, incongruenţi, te, adj. Care nu este congruent, care nu se potriveşte, care nu este în concordanţă cu ceva; nepotrivit, neconcordant. [pr.: gru ent] – Din lat. incongruens, ntis, it. incongruente. Trimis de valeriu, 13.09.2007.… …   Dicționar Român

  • Incongruent — In*con gru*ent, a. [L. incongruens. See {In } not, and {Congruent}.] Incongruous. Sir T. Elyot. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Incongruent — (v. lat.), unpassend, unschicklich; daher Incongruenz, Unangemessenheit, Unschicklichkeit …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Incongruent — Incongruent, lat. deutsch, unpassend; Incongruenz, Unschicklichkeit …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • incongruent — I adjective contradictory, different, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, disjointed, disparate, disproportionate, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, ill assorted, ill matched, improper, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incompatible,… …   Law dictionary

  • incongruent — ● incongruent, incongruente adjectif Se dit d une anastomose, d une fracture, d une articulation qui n ont pas une bonne congruence …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • incongruent — (adj.) mid 15c., from L. incongruentem (nom. incongruens), from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + congruens (see CONGRUENT (Cf. congruent)). Related: Incongruently …   Etymology dictionary

  • incongruent — [in΄käŋ′gro͞o ənt] adj. [L incongruens] not congruent incongruence n. incongruently adv …   English World dictionary

  • incongruent — adjective a) out of place, incompatible, inharmonious, not congruent The yellow blazer was incongruent for the funeral. b) of or relating to two numbers that have different remainders when divided by a third number Her knowledge of world poli …   Wiktionary

  • incongruent — incongruence, n. incongruently, adv. /in kong grooh euhnt, in keuhn grooh , keuhng /, adj. not congruent. [1525 35; < L incongruent (s. of incongruens) inconsistent. See IN 3, CONGRUENT] * * * …   Universalium

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