Convergent

Word CONVERGENT
Character 10
Hyphenation con ver gent
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Convergent"

What do we mean by convergent?

The rational number obtained when a continued fraction has been terminated after a finite number of terms.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Convergent

The word "convergent" in example sentences

Students often have to engage in what we call convergent retrieval, the kind of memory called upon when there is only one possible correct answer, with no latitude whatsoever. ❋ M.D. Mel Levine (2002)

Even after the many kinks in "convergent" gadgets are ironed out and devices become more multi-functional, each will have its own strengths and shape. ❋ Unknown (2002)

In his 2003 book Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe, Conway Morris assembled a collection of examples of what is called convergent evolution. ❋ Victor Stenger (2011)

Sadly for some though not me, the greatest recent example of an ensemble movie that does do not do this is, and still values the idea of convergent narrative strands is still Love Actually. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Almost in the next moment, though, I was reminded of something in biology called convergent evolution, which is the process whereby organisms not related to each other, separated by continents, even, independently evolve similar traits. ❋ Tracy Staedter (2008)

You can go to this Web site and pay $5.95 for a bag of 1,500 adult ladybugs, known as convergent ladybird beetles. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Creationists assert that since bats, birds, and pterosaurs do not share a common ancestor, their wings originated separately from each other; assert that since bats, birds, and pterosaurs do share a common ancestor, but that ancestor did not have wings, then each line developed the structures independently -- a hypothetical process known as convergent evolution. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Through the process of natural selection, it finds new uses for existing features, often resulting in what is known as convergent evolution -- the development of similar biological traits in different orders of animals, such as powered flight in birds and bats. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's called convergent evolution, species that evolve in separate habitats, but because of the same threats, obstacles, and problems to overcome, they develop the same practical, advantageous traits and end up being almost identical. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My original edit:Sometimes called convergent recruitment, this is the current trend that is going against the assumption of common descent. ❋ Thinker (2010)

Lately I've also had some really cool opportunities to speak and lead small workshops on this kind of stuff among "emerging" Quaker (called convergent Friends). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Coyne attributes the similarities to "a well-known process called convergent evolution." ❋ Unknown (2009)

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