convergence

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EnglishEdit

NounEdit

convergence (countable and uncountable, plural convergences)

1. The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
   • Berkeley

     The convergence or divergence of the rays falling on the pupil.

2. A meeting place.

   We built a homestead at the convergence of two rivers

3. The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT.
4. (mathematics) The process of approaching some limiting value.
5. (physiology) The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
6. (biology) The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
7. The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole.

SynonymsEdit

• convergency

AntonymsEdit

• divergence, divergency

Related termsEdit

• converge
• convergent

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from convergence

• Antarctic convergence
• domain of convergence
• enantioconvergence
• intertropical convergence zone
• nonconvergence
• reconvergence

• stereoconvergence
• superconvergence
• time-space convergence
• unconvergence
• uniform convergence

TranslationsEdit

the act of converging

• Bulgarian: среща (bg) f (srešta), събиране (bg) n (sǎbirane)
• Catalan: convergència f
• Czech: konvergence f, sbližování n, přibližování n
• Esperanto: konverĝo
• Finnish: läheneminen (fi), konvergenssi (fi)
• German: Konvergenz (de) f

• Greek: σύγκλιση (el) f (sýgklisi)
• Italian: convergenza (it) f
• Maori: pūtahitanga
• Portuguese: convergência (pt) f
• Romanian: convergență (ro) f
• Russian: конвергенция (ru) f (konvergencija), схождение (ru) n (sxoždenije), сближение (ru) n (sbliženije)
• Swedish: konvergens (sv) c

a meeting place

• Portuguese: convergência (pt) f

the intersection of three electron beams

the process of approaching some limiting value

• Bulgarian: сходимост f (shodimost)
• Czech: konvergence f
• Finnish: suppeneminen
• German: Konvergenz (de) f
• Icelandic: samleitni f
• Italian: convergenza (it) f

• Polish: zbieżność (pl) f
• Portuguese: convergência (pt) f
• Romanian: convergență (ro)
• Russian: сходимость (ru) f (sxodimostʹ)
• Swedish: konvergens (sv) c

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FrenchEdit

NounEdit

convergence f (plural convergences)

1. convergence

Further readingEdit

• “convergence” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).