convergence vs union

convergence

noun
  • The act of moving toward union or uniformity. 

  • 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 process or property of approaching some limiting value. 

union

noun
  • A trade union; a workers' union. 

  • An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse. 

  • That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league. 

  • A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time. 

  • The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one. 

  • An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body. 

  • A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes. 

  • The act or state of marriage. 

  • The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets. 

  • The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony. 

adj
  • Belonging to, represented by, or otherwise pertaining to a labour union. 

verb
  • To combine sets using the union operation. 

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