单词 | convergency |
释义 | convergencyn. 1. a. The state or quality of being convergent. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > state or quality of being convergent > [noun] convergency1709 convergence1833 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §35. 35 The Convergency, or Divergency of the Rays. 1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics iv. §41 Rays of different degrees of divergency and convergency. 1846 J. Joyce Sci. Dialogues xvii. 312 To collect the light, or to bring it to a proper degree of convergency. b. transferred and figurative of things immaterial. ΚΠ 1801 J. Foster Let. 14 Dec. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 140 A kind of convergency in my feelings. 2. Mathematics; cf. convergence n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [noun] > set > sequence > series > convergent convergency1791 convergence1858 Fourier('s) series1877 1791 Waring in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 81 151 Many more propositions concerning infinite series and their convergency are given in the Medit. Analyt. 1887 H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight Higher Algebra xxi. (heading) Convergency and Divergency of Series. 1887 H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight Higher Algebra xxi. §279, 230 Rules by which we can test the convergency or divergency of a given series without effecting its summation. 3. = convergence n. 1, 2. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence concourse1398 recountera1470 congress1578 concurrency1597 flocking1604 confluence1606 contraction1610 congression1611 closing1625 conflux1655 coition1656 concurrencea1661 convolation1676 concursion1692 convergence1713 convergency1794 the world > space > relative position > inclination > state or quality of being convergent > [noun] > action or fact of converging congress1578 contracting1585 congression1611 concentration1612 concentering1641 convergence1713 convergency1794 convergement1839 focusing1844 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xv. 183 The point of convergency. 1836 W. S. Landor Pericles & Aspasia II. 265 Humours, the idioms of life..are generalised in the concourse and convergency of innumerable races. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。