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单词 convergence
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Definition of convergence in English:

convergence

(also convergency)
noun kənˈvəːdʒ(ə)nskənˈvərdʒəns
mass noun
  • 1The process or state of converging.

    the convergence of lines in the distance
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These were brought together and placed in a linear narrative sequence in a process of historical convergence.
    • At the same time, even the processes of weak convergence that we documented remain far from complete.
    • The cats are arranged so they create patterns, like a kaleidoscope, forming mirror images of one another, folding and unfolding along lines of convergence.
    • The literature laying out the case for convergence likewise deserves critical scrutiny, however.
    • The researcher looks for patterns of convergence to develop or corroborate an overall interpretation.
    • For what his data show is a powerful process of convergence, far from complete in extent but unequivocal in direction.
    • At the same time, the advances that have made convergence possible are the products of individual creativity.
    • Yet some critics equate convergence with a loss of jobs, heavier workloads for journalists, and monolithic news and opinion.
    • A much more interesting question is how convergence impacts business models.
    • It was also realised that globalisation is not a homogeneous process, but contains a striking paradox in that it brings about both convergence and divergence.
    • This convergence has important implications for research and teaching in business schools.
    • In short, different areas of Europe became involved in the processes of convergence and integration at very different times, and from very different backgrounds.
    • The only real downside is that the process of convergence is likely to be messy.
    • The convergence of politics, business, culture, law and higher education are its strengths.
    • The other vantage seemed to be from some sort of map, and there were lines of convergence between many points that were marked in various colors.
    • Constitutions demonstrate the processes of emulation and convergence.
    • The convergence of communications processing is an issue.
    • This move started the process of gradual convergence of the two earlier independent jobs - air navigation and bombing.
    • Finally, some consistency and convergency is occurring in this arena, which allows for the repeatable specification of independent variables.
    • Media convergence is indeed the wave of the future.
    Synonyms
    junction, fork, branching, intersection, interchange, confluence, meeting point, crossing, criss-crossing, vertex, apex
    1. 1.1Biology The tendency of unrelated animals and plants to evolve superficially similar characteristics under similar environmental conditions.
      these bivalves have assumed similar characters by convergence
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some of these similarities probably represent evolutionary convergence; others may be ancestral to plants and animals.
      • Alternatively, the similarity in adaptive response is a matter of convergence.
      • Third, is there evolutionary convergence in the types of amino acid substitutions that characterize adaptation to temperature?
      • Such a discovery could also provide a compelling explanation for evolutionary convergence.
      • So there is nothing in the mere fact of convergence that calls evolutionary theory into doubt.
    2. 1.2 A location where airflows or ocean currents meet, characteristically marked by upwelling (of air) or downwelling (of water).
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Does the Inter-Tropical convergence zone move as it should?
      • Another convergence zone is found along the continent's northwestern coast, where the Caribbean Plate also slides under the South American Plate, forming the northeastern extension of the Andes.
      • The assumption is that a strong convergence zone appeared in the skies above central Namibia which was the cause of the downpours of the last two weeks.
      • The area where this is going on is called the Intertropical convergence zone.
      • The low-density surface water moved shoreward over the upwelled water, forming a convergence zone at the front.
      Synonyms
      coming together, confluence, conjunction, union, junction, abutment, concourse, intersection, t-junction, crossing

Rhymes

divergence, emergence, insurgence, resurgence, submergence
 
 

Definition of convergence in US English:

convergence

(also convergency)
nounkənˈvərdʒənskənˈvərjəns
  • 1The process or state of converging.

    the convergence of lines in the distance
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the same time, even the processes of weak convergence that we documented remain far from complete.
    • Yet some critics equate convergence with a loss of jobs, heavier workloads for journalists, and monolithic news and opinion.
    • Constitutions demonstrate the processes of emulation and convergence.
    • The convergence of communications processing is an issue.
    • The literature laying out the case for convergence likewise deserves critical scrutiny, however.
    • It was also realised that globalisation is not a homogeneous process, but contains a striking paradox in that it brings about both convergence and divergence.
    • The cats are arranged so they create patterns, like a kaleidoscope, forming mirror images of one another, folding and unfolding along lines of convergence.
    • The researcher looks for patterns of convergence to develop or corroborate an overall interpretation.
    • For what his data show is a powerful process of convergence, far from complete in extent but unequivocal in direction.
    • The only real downside is that the process of convergence is likely to be messy.
    • These were brought together and placed in a linear narrative sequence in a process of historical convergence.
    • The convergence of politics, business, culture, law and higher education are its strengths.
    • A much more interesting question is how convergence impacts business models.
    • Finally, some consistency and convergency is occurring in this arena, which allows for the repeatable specification of independent variables.
    • At the same time, the advances that have made convergence possible are the products of individual creativity.
    • Media convergence is indeed the wave of the future.
    • In short, different areas of Europe became involved in the processes of convergence and integration at very different times, and from very different backgrounds.
    • The other vantage seemed to be from some sort of map, and there were lines of convergence between many points that were marked in various colors.
    • This move started the process of gradual convergence of the two earlier independent jobs - air navigation and bombing.
    • This convergence has important implications for research and teaching in business schools.
    Synonyms
    junction, fork, branching, intersection, interchange, confluence, meeting point, crossing, criss-crossing, vertex, apex
    1. 1.1Biology The tendency of unrelated animals and plants to evolve superficially similar characteristics under similar environmental conditions.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Third, is there evolutionary convergence in the types of amino acid substitutions that characterize adaptation to temperature?
      • Alternatively, the similarity in adaptive response is a matter of convergence.
      • So there is nothing in the mere fact of convergence that calls evolutionary theory into doubt.
      • Such a discovery could also provide a compelling explanation for evolutionary convergence.
      • Some of these similarities probably represent evolutionary convergence; others may be ancestral to plants and animals.
    2. 1.2 A location where airflows or ocean currents meet, characteristically marked by upwelling (of air) or downwelling (of water).
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Does the Inter-Tropical convergence zone move as it should?
      • The assumption is that a strong convergence zone appeared in the skies above central Namibia which was the cause of the downpours of the last two weeks.
      • Another convergence zone is found along the continent's northwestern coast, where the Caribbean Plate also slides under the South American Plate, forming the northeastern extension of the Andes.
      • The low-density surface water moved shoreward over the upwelled water, forming a convergence zone at the front.
      • The area where this is going on is called the Intertropical convergence zone.
      Synonyms
      coming together, confluence, conjunction, union, junction, abutment, concourse, intersection, t-junction, crossing
 
 
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