Congener is an English word with synonyms like relative or organism. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Congener meaning
- A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another.
- A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another.
- Any of a group of structurally related compounds.
Using Congener
- The main meaning on this page is: A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another. | A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another. | Any of a group of structurally related compounds.
- Useful related words include: relative, congenator, congeneric, organism.
Context around Congener
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Congener
- In this selection, "congener" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lighter, pcb, tungsten and pattern stand out and add context to how "congener" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include its lighter congener tungsten and the pcb congener pattern suggested. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "congener" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with congener
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The PCB congener pattern suggested the contamination was from a mixture of Aroclor 1260 & 1254. (15 words)
Properties Physical Seaborgium is expected to be a solid under normal conditions and assume a body-centered cubic crystal structure, similar to its lighter congener tungsten. (26 words)
Properties Physical Seaborgium is expected to be a solid under normal conditions and assume a body-centered cubic crystal structure, similar to its lighter congener tungsten. (26 words)
The PCB congener pattern suggested the contamination was from a mixture of Aroclor 1260 & 1254. (15 words)
Example sentences (2)
Properties Physical Seaborgium is expected to be a solid under normal conditions and assume a body-centered cubic crystal structure, similar to its lighter congener tungsten.
The PCB congener pattern suggested the contamination was from a mixture of Aroclor 1260 & 1254.