Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
しゅう
Grade: 6
そく
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
收束 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(しゅう)(そく) (shūsoku

  1. end; conclusion; returning to normal
    野田(のだ)総理大臣(そうりだいじん)原発(げんぱつ)事故(じこ)収束(しゅうそく)宣言(せんげん)した
    Noda Sōri Daijin ga genpatsu jiko no shūsoku o sengen shita
    Prime Minister Noda declared the return to normal after the nuclear accident.
  2. (mathematics) convergence
    Antonym: 発散
  3. collecting and bundling

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

(しゅう)(そく)する (shūsoku surusuru (stem (しゅう)(そく) (shūsoku shi), past (しゅう)(そく)した (shūsoku shita))

  1. to end, to conclude
  2. (mathematics) to converge
    Antonym: 発散
  3. to collect and bundle

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN