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Convergence is when different things — lines, ideas, paths, technologies — move toward each other and eventually meet or become similar. In tech, people talk about the "convergence" of phones and computers, because they now do many of the same things. In geometry, two lines "converge" toward a point.
core核心畫面
組成converge (to move toward and meet) + -ence (turns it into a noun).
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
convergencenoun/kənˈvɜːd͡ʒəns/
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The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
- 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?
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A meeting place.
- We built a homestead at the convergence of two rivers
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The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT.
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mathematicssciencesThe process or property of approaching some limiting value; typically of an infinite series.
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medicinephysiologysciencesThe coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
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biologynatural-sciencesThe evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
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economicssciencesThe hypothesis that poorer economies' per capita incomes tend to grow faster than richer economies.
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The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesA zone where two prevailing wind flows meet and interact, resulting in distinctive weather conditions.
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