HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of Convergence | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
kənˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns

Definitions

  1. The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
  2. A meeting place.
  3. The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT.
  4. The process or property of approaching some limiting value; typically of an infinite series.
  5. The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
  6. The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
  7. The hypothesis that poorer economies' per capita incomes tend to grow faster than richer economies.
  8. The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole.
  9. A zone where two prevailing wind flows meet and interact, resulting in distinctive weather conditions.

Equivalents

العربية التقارب تقارب
Български среща
Català convergència
Čeština konvergence
Deutsch Konvergenz
Ελληνικά σύγκλιση
Esperanto konverĝo
Español convergencia
Français convergence
Bahasa Indonesia konvergensi pemusatan
Italiano convergenza
日本語 収束 集束
한국어 수렴
Bahasa Melayu penumpuan
Português convergência
Română convergență
Svenska konvergens
Українська збіжність

Examples

“In that sense there has been, and there will be, a steady convergence of the West and the East, including China. Every factory built in some isolated Chinese town reduces the time, the cultural, the economic, and the social gap between, let us say, Chikurting and Chicago. But the question is, does it reduce the political difference?”
“We built a homestead at the convergence of two rivers”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See all C1 English words →

See also

Learn this word in context

See Convergence used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free