matching

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   The same as another; sharing the same design.

   We bought a new sofa and matching armchairs.

2. 2
   adj

   That constitutes part of a pair with something else; complementary.

   I greet you across the miles and hold out my hand to you and wish you many sunlit days and matching moonlit nights.

3. 3
   adj

   intentionally matched

4. 4
   adj

   being two identical

5. 5
   verb

   present participle and gerund of match

6. 6
   noun

   The process by which things are matched together or paired up.

7. 7
   noun

   A set of independent edges in a given graph, i.e. a set of edges which do not intersect, such that pairs of vertices are "matched" to each other one to one.