convergence

Definition

The act of moving toward union or uniformity.

Etymology

From converge + -ence (after Latin convergentia).

Example Sentences

• "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"

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