convergent

convergent
adjective
  1. coming closer together, especially in characteristics or ideas
    (尤指特征或想法)相似的,相近的
    there are a number of convergent reasons for the growth of interest in pragmatics.
    对语用学兴趣的提高有许多类似的原因。
    ■relating to convergence
    会聚的,相交的
    a convergent boundary.
    相交的国界。
    ■(Mathematics)(of a series) approaching a definite limit as more of its terms are added
    (数)收敛的
    ■(Biology)relating to or denoting evolutionary convergence
    (生)趋同进化的
    ■(of thought) tending to follow well-established patterns
    (思想)趋同习见的
语源
  1. early 18th cent.: from late Latin convergent- 'inclining together', from the verb convergere (see converge)
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