Congruity

[Fr. congruité, from L. Lat. congrui tas. State of being congruous; agreeablene ; suitablene ; the relation of agreement between things; fitne ; pertinence; sufficient reason; consistency. "A whole sentence may fail of its congruity by wanting one particle." - Sidney. IMG:content-0321.png:[blocks in formation] 5 =1; and so are 27 and 12, as 27-12 5 3. The numbers considered must be whole numbers. When two numbers are C. to a third, either is called a residual of the other with respect to the third. C. numbers po e many curious properties, which have been applied by Gau and other writers in the investigation of the properties of numbers. Congruously, adv . Suitably; pertinently; agreeably; consistently. Con'gruousne , n. Fitne ; congruity. Conhoc'ton, in New York , a township of Steuben co.; pop . abt. 4,000. Conhocton River, in New York , rises in Steuben co., and unites with the Tioga to form the Chemung Riv. Co'ni, Cu'neo, a town of N. Italy, in Piedmont, cap. of a prov. of its own name, stands at the junction of the Stura and the Ge o, in a pleasant, fruitful, and well cultivated district, 48 m. S.W. of Turin. The principal street is handsome, with arched piazzas; and there are several large churches, convents, and palaces. Its chief manufactures are silk and woollen cloths. Owing to its position on the road between Nice and Turin, it enjoys a brisk traffic, and is the entrepôt for merchandise from Nice destined for Lombardy, Switzerland, and Germany. C. was once a fortified place, and had to undergo several sieges. After being taken and retaken, the victory of Marengo gave it into the hands of the French, who demolished the fortifications and turned them inte promenades. Pop . 21,142, Conf'ah, a king of Judah. See JEHOIACHIN.