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# convergence

«convergence» in Mova's school dictionary: **when lines, roads, paths or things come together and meet…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (convergence, convergences; usually uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Convergence is when lines, roads, paths or things come together and meet at one point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convergence/#m1)

2) Convergence is when ideas, opinions or groups become more and more alike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convergence/#m2)

3) (maths) Convergence is when a list of numbers gets closer and closer to one fixed number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convergence/#m3)

4) (science) In geography, a convergence is where two plates of the Earth's crust or two ocean currents push towards each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convergence/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and geometry it means lines meeting or a sequence approaching a limit (1/2, 3/4, 7/8 … gets close to 1). In geography, plate convergence makes mountains and volcanoes. In everyday talk it means people or things coming together. Opposite: divergence. Phrases: «point of convergence», «convergence of ideas».

### examples

- The convergence of the two rivers makes one big river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convergence/#x1)
- Follow the paths to their point of convergence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convergence/#x2)
- Mountains like the Himalayas formed at a convergence of two plates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convergence/#x3)
- There was a convergence of opinions after the long debate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convergence/#x4)
- The sum 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + … shows convergence towards 1. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convergence/#x5)
- In the drawing, railway tracks show convergence in the distance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convergence/#x6)
- The convergence of phones and cameras means one device now does both. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convergence/#x7)

### note

Mostly uncountable: convergence, though «a convergence» is used for one meeting point. Verb: converge (the roads converge); adjective: convergent. Opposite: divergence, diverge. In maths, a sequence that converges gets as close as you like to its limit but may never actually reach it.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «convergence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convergence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.