different between adolescence vs convergence

English

Etymology

From Middle English adolescence, from Old French adolescence, from Latin adolescentia, from adolescens (“young”); see adolescent.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æd??l?s?ns/

Noun

adolescence (countable and uncountable, plural adolescences)

1. The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

   Synonyms: teendom, teenhood

Derived terms

• preadolescence

Related terms

• adolescent

Translations

Further reading

• adolescence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• adolescence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?adol?st?s?nt?s?]
• Hyphenation: ado?les?cen?ce

Noun

adolescence n

1. adolescence

   Synonym: dospívání

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• adolescence in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• adolescence in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adul?scentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.d?.l?.s??s/

Noun

adolescence f (plural adolescences)

1. adolescence

Derived terms

• crise d'adolescence
• préadolescence

Related terms

• adolescent

See also

• puberté

Further reading

• “adolescence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

Late 13th century, borrowed from Latin adolescentia.

Noun

adolescence f (oblique plural adolescences, nominative singular adolescence, nominative plural adolescences)

1. adolescence

English

Etymology

converge +? -ence (after Latin convergentia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?v??(?)d???ns/, /k?n?v??(?)d???ns/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d??ns

Noun

convergence (countable and uncountable, plural convergences)

1. The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
2. A meeting place.

   We built a homestead at the convergence of two rivers

3. The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT.
4. (mathematics) The process of approaching some limiting value.
5. (physiology) The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
6. (biology) The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
7. (economics) The hypothesis that poorer economies' per capita incomes tend to grow faster than richer economies.
8. The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole.

Synonyms

• convergency

Antonyms

• divergence, divergency

Derived terms

Related terms

• converge
• convergent

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin convergentia.

Pronunciation

Noun

convergence f (plural convergences)

1. convergence

Further reading

• “convergence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).