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/kənˈvərjəns/,
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convergences, plural;
  1. The process or state of converging
    • - the convergence of lines in the distance
  2. The tendency of unrelated animals and plants to evolve superficially similar characteristics under similar environmental conditions

  3. A location where airflows or ocean currents meet, characteristically marked by upwelling (of air) or downwelling (of water)

  1. the occurrence of two or more things coming together
  2. the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
  3. overlap: a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena; "there was no overlap between their proposals"
  4. the act of converging (coming closer)
  5. (converge) approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit
  6. (converge) move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star"
  7. Convergence is an album by David Arkenstone and David Lanz, released in 1996. It is a compilation of tracks from Narada releases such as A Childhood Remembered and The Narada Wilderness Collection.
  8. Convergent evolution describes the acquisition of the same biological trait in unrelated lineages.
  9. CONvergence is a 4000+ member (nearly 4,500 registrations including performers and dealers in 2010) speculative fiction/fan convention held annually on the first weekend in July in Minnesota, United States. ...
  10. Convergence is the twelfth album by trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1999 and features performances by Douglas, Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander, Drew Gress and Michael Sarin.
  11. The idea of convergence in economics (also sometimes known as the catch-up effect) is the hypothesis that poorer economies' per capita incomes will tend to grow at faster rates than richer economies. As a result, all economies should eventually converge in terms of per capita income. ...
  12. Precisely every individual in the population is identical. While full convergence might be seen in genetic algorithms using only cross over, such convergence is seldom seen in genetic programming using Koza's subtree swapping crossover. ...
  13. The act of moving toward union or uniformity; A meeting place; The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT; The process of approaching some limiting value; The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range; The evolution of ...
  14. (converge) Of two or more entities, to approach each other; to get closer and closer; Of a sequence, to have a limit; Of an iterative process, to reach a stable end point
  15. (CONVERGE) Transport Telematics Support and Consensus - (EC funded project 1996-98)
  16. (Converge(nce)) A derivation converges (and hence results in a well-formed sentence) if the resulting PF-representation contains only phonetic features, and the associated semantic representation contains only (semantically) interpretable features. ...
  17. (Converge) In a perspective drawing, the effect when parallel lines appear to come together in the distance.
  18. (Converge) was also seen as dynamic, but usually involved two continuous objects, as in "the roads converge" or "the light rays converge." Other references involved discrete objects making contact, such as "the footballers converged on the ball. ...
  19. (converge) to move together toward a central point. When light rays from an object converge, they form an image of the object.
  20. (Convergent (topography)) Slopes which drain to or funnel water towards a  common point upslope of a stream channel.
  21. (Convergent) To be oriented as if coming together at a point; inclined towards each other.
  22. (Convergent) Two or more rays proceeding inward toward a point.
  23. (Convergent) coming into contact yet not fused
  24. (convergent (adj.)) Having characteristics that are similar in structure and function, but that arose separately, rather than from a common ancestor.
  25. (convergent) A term used in reference to objects that are moving towards one another.