The convergence of different ideas, groups, or societies is the process by which they stop being different and become more similar.
[formal]
...the need to move towards greater economic convergence.
...an opportunity for convergence between national and party interest.
Synonyms: meeting, junction, intersection, confluence More Synonyms of convergence
convergence in British English
(kənˈvɜːdʒəns)
noun
1. Also called: convergency
the act, degree, or a point of converging
2.
concurrence of opinions, results, etc
3. mathematics
the property or manner of approaching a finite limit, esp of an infinite series
conditional convergence
4.
the combining of different forms of electronic technology, such as data processing and word processing converging into information processing
5. Also called: convergent evolution
the evolutionary development of a superficial resemblance between unrelated animals that occupy a similar environment, as in the evolution of wings in birds and bats
6. meteorology
an accumulation of air in a region that has a greater inflow than outflow of air, often giving rise to vertical air currents
See also Intertropical Convergence Zone
7.
the turning of the eyes inwards in order to fixate an object nearer than that previously being fixated
Compare divergence (sense 6)
convergence in American English
(kənˈvɜrdʒəns)
Word forms: pluralconˈvergencies
noun
1.
the act, fact, or condition of converging
2.
the point at which things converge
3. Biology
the development of similarities in unrelated organisms living in similar environments
Also conˈvergencyWord forms: pluralconˈvergencies
Derived forms
convergent (conˈvergent)
adjective
Word origin
< convergent
Examples of 'convergence' in a sentence
convergence
There is growing convergence between gas and power.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There can be no common currency without economic convergence.
The Sun (2011)
In other languages
convergence
British English: convergence NOUN
The convergence of different ideas, groups, or societies is the process by which they stop being different and become more similar.
...the need to move towards greater economic convergence.
American English: convergence
Brazilian Portuguese: convergência
Chinese: 趋同性
European Spanish: convergencia
French: convergence
German: Annäherung
Italian: convergenza
Japanese: 一体化
Korean: 수렴
European Portuguese: convergência
Latin American Spanish: convergencia
(noun)
Hindon lies at the convergence of eight roads.
Synonyms
meeting
the meeting of three streams
junction
intersection
confluence
The 160-metre falls mark the confluence of the rivers.
concentration
The area has one of the world's greatest concentrations of wildlife.
blending
merging
coincidence
conjunction
This is due to a conjunction of religious and social factors.
mingling
concurrence
conflux
Additional synonyms
in the sense of coincidence
Definition
a coinciding
Synonyms
coinciding,
conjunction,
correspondence,
correlation,
concurrence,
synchronism,
concomitance
in the sense of concentration
Definition
something that is concentrated
The area has one of the world's greatest concentrations of wildlife.
Synonyms
convergence,
collection,
mass,
cluster,
accumulation,
aggregation
in the sense of confluence
Definition
a place where rivers flow into one another
The 160-metre falls mark the confluence of the rivers.