convergence
/kənˈvɜːd͡ʒəns/US/kənˈvɝd͡ʒəns/
convergence noun: the act of moving toward union or uniformity.
Noun
convergence (countable and uncountable, plural convergences)
- 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...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.
- The process or property of approaching some limiting value; typically of an infinite series.
- The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
- The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
- 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.
- A zone where two prevailing wind flows meet and interact, resulting in distinctive weather conditions.
convergence meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
convergence in Hindi
- अभिसरण, अभिसारीकरण
convergence in Tamil
- குவிவு, கூடுகை, ஒருங்கல், குவிதல், குவியும் தன்மை, ஒன்று சேர்தல்
convergence in Marathi
- अभिसरण
convergence in Urdu
- کنورجنس
More languagesFewer languages
- convergence in Bengali
- অভিসৃতি
- convergence in Telugu
- కన్వర్జెన్స్
- convergence in Kannada
- ಒಮ್ಮುಖವಾಗುವುದು
- convergence in Punjabi
- ਕਨਵਰਜੈਂਸ
- convergence in Odia
- ଅଭିସରଣ
- convergence in Nepali
- अभिसरण, कन्भर्जेन्स
- convergence in Malay
- penumpuan
- convergence in Indonesian
- konvergensi, pemusatan
Examples of convergence in a sentence
- Among other forms of change, the evolution of transportation has involved modification, diversification, convergence, divergence, hybridization, differentiation, and naturally, selection.
- Formal series are defined without any reference to convergence.
- In two-dimensional Euclidean geometry using a polar coordinate system, horocyclic flow is either the circular convergence toward or away from a point or the rotational flow around a point.
Synonyms of convergence
Antonyms
Forms of convergence
| plural | convergences |
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Origin of convergence
From converge + -ence (after Latin convergentia).
Words formed from convergence
- 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
Phrases with convergence
Words that rhyme with convergence
Questions about convergence
- What does convergence mean?
- Convergence means the act of moving toward union or uniformity.
- What is convergence in Hindi?
- Convergence in Hindi is अभिसरण, अभिसारीकरण. See Convergence meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is convergence?
- Convergence is a noun.
- How do you pronounce convergence?
- Convergence is pronounced /kənˈvɜːd͡ʒəns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of convergence?
- The plural of convergence is convergences.
Words near convergence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: convergence (page history and authors); convergence (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); convergence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convergence (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); convergence (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); convergence (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convergence (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); convergence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convergence (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); convergence (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); convergence (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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