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vergence

/ˈvɜː(ɹ)dʒəns/

vergence noun: the simultaneous turning of both eyes when focusing.

Noun

vergence (countable and uncountable, plural vergences)

  1. The simultaneous turning of both eyes when focusing.
  2. A measure of convergence or divergence of rays.
    • a special vertex trial case computed for an object vergence of 4.00.1921, The Optician and Scientific Instrument Maker, volume 62, page 1
    • "Ample movement between the source and condenser should be available in order to allow for a variation in the vergence of the light leaving the condenser"1947 Benjamin King Johnson, Optics and Optical Instruments: An Introduction with Special Reference to Practical Applications, Courier Corporation (1960 [1947]), p. 152.
  3. The direction of the overturned component of an asymmetric fold.

vergence meaning in Urdu

vergence in Urdu

آنکھوں کی حرکت

Forms of vergence

pluralvergences

Origin of vergence

From verge (“tend, incline”, from Latin vergere) + -ence, synonym of earlier (1660s) vergency (the equivalent of French vergence). Coined as a technical term in ophthalmology, as a hypernym of convergence and divergence, in 1902. The sense of the numeric quantity in geometric optics was introduced, from use of the term in physiological optics, in the 1920s.

Words that rhyme with vergence

Questions about vergence

What does vergence mean?
Vergence means the simultaneous turning of both eyes when focusing.
What is vergence in Urdu?
Vergence in Urdu is آنکھوں کی حرکت. See Vergence meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is vergence?
Vergence is a noun.
How do you pronounce vergence?
Vergence is pronounced /ˈvɜː(ɹ)dʒəns/.
What is the plural of vergence?
The plural of vergence is vergences.

Words near vergence in the dictionary

  1. verge-staffs
  2. vergeboard
  3. vergeboards
  4. verged
  5. verged on
  6. vergence
  7. vergences
  8. vergencies
  9. vergency
  10. Vergennes
  11. vergent

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vergence (page history and authors); vergence (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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