vergency

[医] (眼)倾向, (眼)转向

词形变化

vergencies 复数 vergencies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of verging or approaching; tendency, inclination towards something.

    过时

    1721 Nathan Bailey, An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, E. Bell, London. "VERGENCY [of vergere, L.] a bending or declining away, from or to, inclining."

  2. 2.

    The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as a measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays.

词源

verge + -ency, cf. New Latin vergentia (16th century), French vergence (18th century) and later English vergence (20th century).

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