convergence
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From converge + -ence (after Latin convergentia).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /kənˈvɜːd͡ʒəns/, /kɒnˈvɜːd͡ʒəns/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kənˈvɝd͡ʒəns/
- (Australian) IPA(key): /kənˈvɜːd͡ʒəns/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kənˈvøːd͡ʒəns/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒəns
Noun
[edit]convergence (countable and uncountable, plural convergences)
- The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
- 1963, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Samuel P. Huntington, “Conclusion”, in Political Power: USA/USSR[1], New York: The Viking Press, →OCLC, Political Science, page 420:
- In that sense there has been, and there will be, a steady convergence of the West and the East, including China. Every factory built in some isolated Chinese town reduces the time, the cultural, the economic, and the social gap between, let us say, Chikurting and Chicago. But the question is, does it reduce the political difference?
- A meeting place.
- We built a homestead at the convergence of two rivers
- The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT.
- (mathematics) The process or property of approaching some limiting value; typically of an infinite series.
- (physiology) The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
- (biology) The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
- (economics) The hypothesis that poorer economies' per capita incomes tend to grow faster than richer economies.
- The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole.
- (meteorology) A zone where two prevailing wind flows meet and interact, resulting in distinctive weather conditions.
Synonyms
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[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- Antarctic convergence
- convergence box
- deconvergence
- domain of convergence
- enantioconvergence
- equiconvergence
- hyperconvergence
- intertropical convergence zone
- misconvergence
- monotone convergence theorem
- nonconvergence
- postconvergence
- radius of convergence
- reconvergence
- semiconvergence
- stereoconvergence
- superconvergence
- time-space convergence
- unconvergence
- uniform convergence
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]the act of converging
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a meeting place
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the intersection of three electron beams
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the process of approaching some limiting value
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economic concept
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin convergentia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]convergence f (plural convergences)
Further reading
[edit]- “convergence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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