Convergence

//kənˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns// noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of moving toward union or uniformity. countable, uncountable

    "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?"

  2. 2
    the act of converging (coming closer) wordnet
  3. 3
    A meeting place. countable, uncountable

    "We built a homestead at the convergence of two rivers"

  4. 4
    a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena wordnet
  5. 5
    The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit wordnet
  2. 7
    The process or property of approaching some limiting value; typically of an infinite series. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    the occurrence of two or more things coming together wordnet
  4. 9
    The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    The hypothesis that poorer economies' per capita incomes tend to grow faster than richer economies. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A zone where two prevailing wind flows meet and interact, resulting in distinctive weather conditions. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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convergencyagglomerationagglutinationaggregationapproachapproximation

Example

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"Known to sailors around the world as the doldrums, the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is a belt around the Earth extending approximately five degrees north and south of the equator. Here, the prevailing trade winds of the northern hemisphere blow to the southwest and collide with the southern hemisphere’s driving northeast trade winds."

Etymology

From converge + -ence (after Latin convergentia).

Related phrases

Antarctic convergenceconvergence boxdomain of convergenceintertropical convergence zonemonotone convergence theoremradius of convergencetime-space convergenceuniform convergenceconvergent evolution

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