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Definition of vergence in English: vergencenoun ˈvəːdʒ(ə)nsˈvərjəns mass noun1Physiology
The simultaneous movement of the pupils of the eyes towards or away from one another during focusing. Example sentencesExamples - In doing so, they perform saccadic movements, smooth pursuit movements, vergence movements, vestibular movements, and accommodation.
- Pure vergence movements, uncontaminated by saccades, occur when changing gaze between two targets, both lying straight ahead, but at different distances.
2Geology
The direction in which a fold is inclined or overturned. a zone of opposing fold vergence Example sentencesExamples - No structures are present in the Mount King Beds that show vergence.
- Fold and cleavage vergence varies across the domain, from SE through neutral to NW, although a majority verge SE.
- Previously, there has been disagreement over the direction of obduction of the ophiolite and the vergence of structures.
- Major and minor folds with clear vergence relationships change their sense around the Rhoscolyn Anticline.
- A foreland fold-thrust belt with a southwestward vergence formed south of the Mazar-Kangxiwar fault.
Origin 1980s: common element of convergence and divergence. Definition of vergence in US English: vergencenounˈvərjəns 1Physiology
The simultaneous movement of the pupils of the eyes toward or away from one another during focusing. Example sentencesExamples - In doing so, they perform saccadic movements, smooth pursuit movements, vergence movements, vestibular movements, and accommodation.
- Pure vergence movements, uncontaminated by saccades, occur when changing gaze between two targets, both lying straight ahead, but at different distances.
2Geology
The direction in which a fold is inclined or overturned. a zone of opposing fold vergence Example sentencesExamples - A foreland fold-thrust belt with a southwestward vergence formed south of the Mazar-Kangxiwar fault.
- Major and minor folds with clear vergence relationships change their sense around the Rhoscolyn Anticline.
- No structures are present in the Mount King Beds that show vergence.
- Previously, there has been disagreement over the direction of obduction of the ophiolite and the vergence of structures.
- Fold and cleavage vergence varies across the domain, from SE through neutral to NW, although a majority verge SE.
Origin 1980s: common element of convergence and divergence. |