The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
A meeting place.
The hypothesis that poorer economies' per capita incomes tend to grow faster than richer economies.
The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT.
The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole.
The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
The process or property of approaching some limiting value.
A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.
The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
A line of junction; a joint.
A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.
An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.
A suture.
A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.
Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.
To mark with a seam or line; to scar.
To put together with a seam.
To crack open along a seam.
Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.
To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.