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convergence

  • noun
  • /kənˈvɜːd͡ʒəns/

The act of moving toward union or uniformity.

Other meanings

  1. A meeting place.

    “We built a homestead at the convergence of two rivers”

  2. The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT.

Antonyms

  • divergence

Related words

  • deconvergence
  • equiconvergence
  • misconvergence
  • postconvergence
  • semiconvergence
  • Antarctic convergence
  • convergence box
  • domain of convergence
  • enantioconvergence
  • hyperconvergence
  • intertropical convergence zone
  • nonconvergence

Word history

From Latin "convergentia".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “convergence” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.