Intercalate vs Convergence - What's the difference?
intercalate | convergence |
To insert an extra, leap, day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena.
* 1844 , , Essays: Second Series , ch. 2:
To insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose. The has such a month.
(molecular biology) To insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues.
The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
A meeting place.
The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT.
(mathematics) The process of approaching some limiting value.
(physiology) The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
(biology) The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole.
As a verb intercalate
is to insert an extra, leap, day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena.As a noun convergence is
the act of moving toward union or uniformity.intercalate
English
(wikipedia intercalate)Verb
(intercalat)- '[T]is wonderful where or when we ever got anything of this which we call wisdom, poetry, virtue. We never got it on any dated calendar day. Some heavenly days must have been intercalated somewhere.
Derived terms
* (l) * (l)See also
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) ----convergence
English
Noun
(wikipedia convergence)- The convergence or divergence of the rays falling on the pupil. — Berkeley.
- We built a homestead at the convergence of two rivers