incongruence
noun[U]
uk/ɪnˈkɒŋ.ɡru.əns/us/ɪnˈkɑːŋ.ɡru.əns/formal
thestateof not beingsuitableor notfittingwell with somethingelse:
不协调;不合适;不一致areviewof the incongruence betweentheirbeliefsandpracticesregardingmarriage对他们的婚姻观念与婚姻实践不一致的探究
Incongruenceoccurswhen nonverbalbehaviourcontradictsa person’s words.当一个人的非语言行为与言语相矛盾时,就会出现不一致的现象。
mathematicsspecialized
thefactthat ashapedoes not have the sameshapeandsizeas another:
不全等,不一致Notice the incongruence of thetriangles.注意这两个三角形并不全等。
The incongruence ofgeometricshapescan bedescribedmathematically.几何形状的不全等可以用数学方法来描述。
See
incongruent
- There was an incongruence betweenlawandcommercialactivity.
- Inwinteryou might have the incongruence ofopeningwindowstocounteractan overactiveheatingsystem.
- When Iweighmyself, there’s an incongruence between thenumberon thescaleand othermeasuresof myhealth.
Wrong
- aberrant
- abnormal
- amiss
- anomalous
- awry
- bark
- false
- false positive
- falsely
- flawed
- gross
- grossly
- irregular
- irregularly
- liberal
- liberally
- mal-
- mis-
- quarrel
- wrongly
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Matching and co-ordinating
Geometrical shapes
Different and difference