, or Congruent Figures, in Geometry, are such as, being laid upon one another, do exactly correspond to, and cover one another, and consequently must be equal among themselves. Thus, triangles having two sides and the contained angle equal, each to each, are equal to each other in all respects.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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