Found 2 hits - Term: convergence, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
convergence \conver"gence\, convergency \conver"gency\, n.
cf. f. convergence.
1. the condition or quality of converging; tendency to one
point; the occurrence of two or more things coming
together.
1913 webster
2. math. the approach of an infinite series to a finite
limit.
syn: convergency.
wordnet 1.5
3. a representation of common ground between theories or
phenomena.
syn: overlap, intersection.
wordnet 1.5
4. the act of converging coming closer.
syn: converging, convergency.
wordnet 1.5
5. biol. a similarity of form or function in two or more
organisms caused by evolutionary adaptations to a
similarity in the environment, rather than to a common
heredity.
pjc
the convergence or divergence of the rays falling on
the pupil. --berkeley.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
convergence
n 1: the occurrence of two or more things coming together
2: the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit syn: convergency
ant: divergence, divergence
3: a representation of common ground between theories or
phenomena; "there was no overlap between their proposals"
syn: overlap, intersection
4: the act of converging coming closer syn: converging, convergency
see also:
convergency divergence overlap intersection converging
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