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/kənvˈɜːdʒəns/
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[ US /kənˈvɝdʒəns/ ]
[ US /kənˈvɝdʒəns/ ]
NOUN
- the occurrence of two or more things coming together
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a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
there was no overlap between their proposals - the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
- the act of converging (coming closer)
How To Use convergence In A Sentence
- Although Jameson is clear-eyed about the corrosive effects of modernity, his methodology nevertheless seemed to require his allegiance to secularization and to convergence theories of modernization; moreover, the acuity and insight of the readings produced by this methodology served to justify that faith a posteriori. Introduction
- Finally, a political party is the convergence of a group of people based on their political ideals and ideologies.
- Ms. Miller's imprisonment for civil contempt of court was less a perfect storm — to use one of the press 'hoarier clichés to characterize a grim convergence of unpleasant events — as it was a brownout, a distressing midsummer sign that a full power outage is on its way. The Great D.C. Plame-Out, Or: Novak, Lord of the Journo-Flies
- The history of western commentaries on ancient Mesoamerican objects is full of extravagant claims made on the basis of such meaningless formal convergences.
- It looked like there was a convergence line ahead paralleling highway 33 on the west side.
- Of special interest to me right now are the dinosaurs of the British Wealden (of course), the intriguing tie-ins between Wealden fossil collectors, Conan Doyle's Lost World and the Piltdown fiasco, convergence between different fossorial tetrapods, manatee evolution, and British big cats (yes, really). Archive 2006-01-01
- Complexity is also a feature of those real-life markets in which convergence also is neither swift nor automatic.
- To avoid issues regarding bad convergence and local optima all analyses were run from multiple starting values and results were accepted only when several starting points converged on the same maximum likelihood.
- Only the most horrifying convergence of sheer monster power ever to emigrate from the old world. Dark Horse Title Shipping in December | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
- The problem most of the reviews expose is Erikson's verbosity and a very slow and meandering buildup with many subplots leading nowhere, but the reader's patience is ultimatelly paid of by another bombastic ending (yup, a convergence). Archive 2008-07-01