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Meaning of "vergence" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VERGENCE

From verge² + -ence.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VERGENCE

vergence  [ˈvɜːdʒəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VERGENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vergence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VERGENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vergence

A vergence is the simultaneous movement of both eyes in opposite directions to obtain or maintain single binocular vision. When a creature with binocular vision looks at an object, the eyes must rotate around a vertical axis so that the projection of the image is in the centre of the retina in both eyes. To look at an object closer by, the eyes rotate towards each other, while for an object farther away they rotate away from each other. Exaggerated convergence is called cross eyed viewing . When looking into the distance, the eyes diverge until parallel, effectively fixating the same point at infinity. Vergence movements are closely connected to accommodation of the eye. Under normal conditions, changing the focus of the eyes to look at an object at a different distance will automatically cause vergence and accommodation, sometimes known as the accommodation-convergence reflex. As opposed to the 500°/s velocity of saccade movements, vergence movements are far slower, around 25°/s. The extraocular muscles may have two types of fiber each with its own nerve supply, hence a dual mechanism.

Definition of vergence in the English dictionary

The definition of vergence in the dictionary is the inward or outward turning movement of the eyes in convergence or divergence.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VERGENCE


allegiance
əˈliːdʒəns
centrifugence
ˌsɛntrɪˈfjuːdʒəns
convergence
kənˈvɜːdʒəns
detergence
dɪˈtɜːdʒəns
diligence
ˈdɪlɪdʒəns
divergence
daɪˈvɜːdʒəns
egence
ˈiːdʒəns
emergence
ɪˈmɜːdʒəns
immergence
ɪˈmɜːdʒəns
insurgence
ɪnˈsɜːdʒəns
intelligence
ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns
mergence
ˈmɜːdʒəns
negligence
ˈnɛɡlɪdʒəns
postemergence
ˌpəʊstɪˈmɜːdʒəns
preemergence
ˌpriːɪˈmɜːdʒəns
resurgence
rɪˈsɜːdʒəns
submergence
səbˈmɜːdʒəns
upsurgence
ʌpˈsɜːdʒəns
urgence
ˈɜːdʒəns
vengeance
ˈvɛndʒəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VERGENCE

verdoy
Verdun
verdure
verdured
verdureless
verdurous
verecund
Vereeniging
verge
vergeboard
vergency
verger
vergership
Vergil
Vergilian
verglas
Verhaeren
veridical
veridicality
veridically

WORDS THAT END LIKE VERGENCE

actionable intelligence
artificial intelligence
at your convenience
birefringence
contingence
counterintelligence
criminal negligence
effulgence
emotional intelligence
exigence
gross negligence
indigence
intransigence
machine intelligence
marketing intelligence
misintelligence
overindulgence
re-emergence
self-indulgence
social intelligence
swarm intelligence

Synonyms and antonyms of vergence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «vergence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VERGENCE

Find out the translation of vergence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vergence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vergence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

辐辏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

convergencia
570 millions of speakers

English

vergence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

vergence
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التجانح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сходимость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vergência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

vergence
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

convergence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesungguhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Konvergenz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

両眼転導
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이향
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vergence
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hội tụ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஓரங்களமைவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खरेपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

verjans
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vergenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Konwergencji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

збіжність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

convergența
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σύγκλιση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

konvergensiepunt waarheen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vergens
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

konvergens
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vergence

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VERGENCE»

The term «vergence» is regularly used and occupies the 58.329 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VERGENCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vergence

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VERGENCE»

Discover the use of vergence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vergence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Accommodation and Vergence Mechanisms in the Visual System
To maintain binocularity, the ver gence oculomotor system, sensitive to fatigue, must attain congruence with accommodative levels. This accommodation-vergence linkage was a focus of our symposium.
Ove Franzen, Hansn Richter, Lawrence Stark, 2000
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Clinical Management of Binocular Vision: Heterophoric, ...
This fourth edition of Clinical Management of Binocular Vision uses the past five years of research studies and literature to provide an accurate look at today’s diagnosis and treatment of binocular vision.
Mitchell Scheiman, Bruce Wick, 2013
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Primary Care Optometry
The vertical vergence findings are obtained in the following order: right supravergence (base-down, right eye); right infravergence (base-up, right eye); left supravergence; and left infravergence. The findings are recorded in the following ...
Theodore Grosvenor, Theodore P. Grosvenor, 2007
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Ocular Vergence Response Over Anaglyphic Stereoscopic Videos
The effect of anaglyphic stereographic stimuli on ocular vergence response is examined.
Brian C. Daugherty, 2009
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Binocular Vision and Stereopsis
size of the projected image of a playing card has been found to evoke a change in vergence (Ittleson and Ames 1950; Alpern 1958). Predebon (1994) also obtained an effect of the familiar size of a mon- ocularly viewed object on vergence.
Ian P. Howard, 1995
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Handbook of Pediatric Strabismus and Amblyopia
If the prism is relatively small, the patient's fusional vergence eye movements will be able to realign the eyes to keep the images appropriately placed on the foveas. The prism will initially invoke diplopia and the patient will realign the eyes  ...
Kenneth W. Wright, Peter H. Spiegel, Lisa Thompson, 2006
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The Neurology of Eye Movements : Text and CD-ROM: Text and ...
The source of input to the vergence integrator may be the output of vergence burst cells.141 The vergence tonic cells may then carry the output of the vergence integrator. The vergence burst-tonic cells seem to combine both vergence velocity ...
Departments of Neurology R. John Leigh Professor, Neuroscience Otolaryngology and Biomedical Engineering Case Western Reserve University University Hospitals and Veterans Affairs Medical Center Cleveland Ohio, Departments of Neurology David S. Zee Professor, Ophthalmology Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and Neuroscience, 1999
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Effect of Vergence Adaptation and Positive Fusional Vergence ...
Several mathematical models have been developed to describe the basic underlying mechanism of accommodation and vergence. Currently used models contradict with each other in the placement of critical elements in the model.
Preethi Thiagarajan, University of Waterloo. School of Optometry, 2008
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Pediatric Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Genetics: ...
In fact, it is probably the chronic average level of vergence tonus, as maintained by vergence adaptation and contributed to by the current level of fast fusional vergence, which provides the primary input to extraocular muscle length adaptation.
Birgit Lorenz, Michael C. Brodsky, 2010
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Eye Movement Disorders
Vergence eye movements are disjunctive movements that move the eyes in opposite direction (i.e., convergence or divergence). They hold the images of a single object simultaneously on both foveae. Vergence eye movements have several ...
Agnes Wong M.D. University of Toronto, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VERGENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vergence is used in the context of the following news items.
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Recon:Vergence Week Eight: YOU Get a Planet and YOU Get a …
Welcome to Recon:Vergence, a weekly look at what's going on throughout DC's new reality-smooshing event storyline, Convergence. Every week for the past ... «ComicsAlliance, Jun 15»
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Morning MoneyBeat: Dow-Vergence Unlikely to Send Industrials …
Morning MoneyBeat is the Journal's pre-market primer packed with market updates, insights and must-read news links. To receive this morning newsletter via ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
3
A Smartglasses Pioneer Has A New Vision For Wearables
Before starting Hyperspeed, he cofounded Vergence Labs in 2011. His company was ahead of the curve in terms of wearable tech built for a person's eyes. «ReadWrite, May 15»
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Recon:Vergence Week Six: Kord Vs Kord; Aquaman Vs Radiators …
Welcome to Recon:Vergence, a weekly look at what's going on throughout DC's new reality-smooshing event storyline, Convergence. Every week until the end ... «ComicsAlliance, May 15»
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We're not talking about what VR is doing to our eyes … and our brains
“The brain has coupled these two response together — that's why it's called vergence-accommodation coupling. It makes total sense in the world we live in.”. «VentureBeat, Apr 15»
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Recon:Vergence Week One: Flashpoint Vs The Zoo Crew Vs the Pre …
Welcome to Recon:Vergence, a weekly look at what's going on throughout DC's new reality-smooshing event storyline, Convergence. Every week until the end ... «ComicsAlliance, Apr 15»
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The Neuroscience of Why Virtual Reality Still Sucks
This is vergence, where our eyes converge and diverge to look at close and distant objects, respectively. At the same time, the lenses in your eyes focus so the ... «Gizmodo, Mar 15»
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Snapchat Acquires Wearable Tech Firm Vergence Labs
Snapchat has recently acquired a US startup, Vergence Labs, which manufactures a Google Glass-type gadget. This information has surfaced after a leak from ... «FileHippo News, Dec 14»
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Snapchat aurait racheté Vergence Labs et ses lunettes connectées ?
Selon Business Insider et Engadget, Snapchat pourrait se lancer dans l'univers des lunettes connectées. Le groupe aurait fait l'acquisition de Vergence Labs, ... «Zone Numérique, Dec 14»
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'Snapchat heeft Vergence Labs overgenomen'
Het bedrijf zou 15 miljoen dollar (ruim 12 miljoen euro) hebben betaald voor Vergence Labs. Het belangrijkste product van dit bedrijf is Epiphany Eyewear, een ... «Telegraaf.nl, Dec 14»

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