convergence

English

Etymology

Fromconverge+‎-ence(afterLatinconvergentia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kənˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/,/kɒnˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-ɜː(ɹ)dʒəns

Noun

convergence(countableanduncountable,pluralconvergences)

1. The act of moving towardunionoruniformity.
2. Ameetingplace.

   We built a homestead at theconvergenceof two rivers

3. Theintersectionof threeelectronbeamsforred,greenandblueonto a singlepixelin aCRT.
4. (mathematics)Theprocessorpropertyofapproachingsomelimitingvalue.
5. (physiology)Thecoordinatedfocusingof theeyes,especially at shortrange.
6. (biology)Theevolutionofsimilarstructuresortraitsinunrelatedspeciesin similarenvironments;convergent evolution.
7. (economics)Thehypothesisthat poorer economies' per capitaincomestend to grow faster than richer economies.
8. The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole.

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

Translations

the act of converging

• Bulgarian:среща(bg)f(srešta),събиране(bg)n(sǎbirane)
• Catalan:convergènciaf
• Czech:konvergencef,sbližovánín,přibližovánín
• Esperanto:konverĝo
• Finnish:läheneminen(fi),konvergenssi(fi)
• German:Konvergenz(de)f
• Greek:σύγκλιση(el)f(sýgklisi)
• Indonesian:konvergensi(id),pemusatan(id)
• Irish:coinbhéirseachtf
• Italian:convergenza(it)f
• Malay:penumpuan
• Maori:pūtahitanga,ūngututanga
• Norwegian:sammenfall
• Polish:konwergencja(pl)f
• Portuguese:convergência(pt)f
• Romanian:convergență(ro)f
• Russian:конвергенция(ru)f(konvergencija),схождение(ru)n(sxoždenije),сближение(ru)n(sbliženije)
• Spanish:convergencia(es)f
• Swedish:konvergens(sv)c

a meeting place

• Finnish:kohtaamispaikka(fi)
• Portuguese:convergência(pt)f

the intersection of three electron beams

• Finnish:konvergenssi(fi)
• Irish:inréimneachtf

the process of approaching some limiting value

• Bulgarian:сходимостf(shodimost)
• Czech:konvergencef
• Finnish:suppeneminen
• German:Konvergenz(de)f
• Icelandic:samleitnif
• Irish:coinbhéirseachtf
• Italian:convergenza(it)f
• Japanese:Thâu thúc(ja)(しゅうそく, shūsoku)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:konvergensm

  Nynorsk:konvergensm

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

economic concept

• Irish:coinbhéirseachtf
• Polish:konwergencja(pl)f

French

Etymology

FromLatinconvergentia.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

convergencef(pluralconvergences)

1. convergence

Further reading

• “convergence”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.