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convergence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kənˈvɜːd͡ʒəns/ (Australia)
  • /kənˈvɝd͡ʒəns/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /kənˈvøːd͡ʒəns/ (New-Zealand)
  • /kɒnˈvɜːd͡ʒəns/ (UK)
  • /kənˈvɜːd͡ʒəns/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From converge + -ence (after Latin convergentia).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
    • 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? 1963, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Samuel P. Huntington, “Conclusion”, in Political Power: USA/USSR, New York: The Viking Press, →OCLC, Political Science, page 420:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A meeting place.
    • We built a homestead at the convergence of two rivers
  3. (countable, uncountable) The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The process or property of approaching some limiting value; typically of an infinite series.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
  6. (countable, uncountable) The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
  7. (countable, uncountable) The hypothesis that poorer economies' per capita incomes tend to grow faster than richer economies.
  8. (countable, uncountable) The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole.
  9. (countable, uncountable) A zone where two prevailing wind flows meet and interact, resulting in distinctive weather conditions.

Forms

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Antonyms

divergence · divergency

Deriveds

uniform convergence · deconvergence · convergence box · domain of convergence · equiconvergence · superconvergence · stereoconvergence · Antarctic convergence · reconvergence · nonconvergence · hyperconvergence · monotone convergence theorem · time-space convergence · postconvergence · radius of convergence · unconvergence · semiconvergence · intertropical convergence zone · enantioconvergence · misconvergence

Relateds

converge · convergent

Synonyms

convergency

Translations (56)

cs konvergence (the act of converging) · mi pūtahitanga (the act of converging) · ga coinbhéirseacht (the act of converging) · ca convergència (the process of approaching some limiting value) · el σύγκλιση (the act of converging) · pl zbieżność (the process of approaching some limiting value) · cs přibližování (the act of converging) · no sammenfall (the act of converging) · sq konvergjencë (the act of converging) · mi ūngututanga (the act of converging) · pt convergência (a meeting place) · sv konvergens (the act of converging) · ms penumpuan (the act of converging) · id konvergensi (the act of converging) · sv konvergens (the process of approaching some limiting value) · de Konvergenz (the act of converging) · bg събиране (the act of converging) · ru сближение (the act of converging) · nb konvergens (the process of approaching some limiting value) · fi konvergenssi (the intersection of three electron beams) · bg среща (the act of converging) · es convergencia (the process of approaching some limiting value) · ga coinbhéirseacht (the process of approaching some limiting value) · is samleitni (the process of approaching some limiting value) · it convergenza (the act of converging) · it convergenza (the process of approaching some limiting value) · pt convergência (the process of approaching some limiting value) · ast converxencia (the process of approaching some limiting value) · fi konvergenssi (the act of converging) · ja 収束 (the process of approaching some limiting value) · ro convergență (the process of approaching some limiting value) · cmn 收斂 /收敛 (the process of approaching some limiting value) · eo konverĝo (the act of converging) · fr convergence (the process of approaching some limiting value) · cs konvergence (the process of approaching some limiting value) · fi läheneminen (the act of converging) · ca convergència (the act of converging) · fi suppeneminen (the process of approaching some limiting value) · bg сходимост (the process of approaching some limiting value) · ro convergență (the act of converging) · id pemusatan (the act of converging) · nn konvergens (the process of approaching some limiting value) · ru конвергенция (the act of converging) · de Konvergenz (the process of approaching some limiting value) · gl converxencia (the process of approaching some limiting value) · pt convergência (the act of converging) · fi kohtaamispaikka (a meeting place) · pl konwergencja (economic concept) · ga inréimneacht (the intersection of three electron beams) · ru схождение (the act of converging) · ga coinbhéirseacht (economic concept) · pl konwergencja (the act of converging) · kk жинақталу (the process of approaching some limiting value) · es convergencia (the act of converging) · cs sbližování (the act of converging) · ru сходимость (the process of approaching some limiting value)