convergence
nounUK /kənˈvɜːd͡ʒəns/ · CA, US /kənˈvɝd͡ʒəns/
Etymology From converge + -ence (after Latin convergentia).
9 senses
- 1The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
- 2A meeting place.
- 3The intersection of three electron beams for red, green…
- 4The process or property of approaching some limiting…
- 5The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
- 6The evolution of similar structures or traits in…
- 7The hypothesis that poorer economies' per capita incomes…
- 8The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or…
- 9A zone where two prevailing wind flows meet and…
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:
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, Sciences The process or property of approaching some limiting value; typically of an infinite series.
Medicine, Physiology, Sciences The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
Biology, Natural sciences The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
Economics, Sciences 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.
Climatology, Meteorology, Natural sciences A zone where two prevailing wind flows meet and interact, resulting in distinctive weather conditions.
- Synonyms
- convergency
- Antonyms
- divergence, divergency
- Derived terms
- 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
- converge, convergent