convergence zone

collocation in English

meaningsofconvergenceandzone

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convergence
noun[C or U]
uk
/kənˈvɜː.dʒəns/us
/kənˈvɝː.dʒəns/
the fact that two or more things, ideas, etc. become similar or ...
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zone
noun[C]
uk
/zəʊn/us
/zoʊn/
an area, especially one that is different from the areas around it because it has different characteristics or is used for ...
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(Definition ofconvergenceandzonefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The sameconvergencezoneis responsible for spawning funnel clouds and the occasional tornado.
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When the boat was rigged for silent running, these arrays gave greatly improvedconvergencezonedetection ranges against snorkeling submarines.
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Aconvergencezoneis a region in the atmosphere where two prevailing flows meet and interact, usually resulting in distinctive weather conditions.
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The trailingconvergencezonewas referred to as the squall line or cold front.
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By the afternoon, a frontal boundary orconvergencezonedeveloped over the state.
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Many of the world's rainforests are associated with the location of the monsoon trough, also known as the intertropicalconvergencezone.
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The wave remained very close to the intertropicalconvergencezonefor the next several days without any further development.
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Areas of clouds and rainfall appeared to be focused along thisconvergencezone.
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The location of the intertropicalconvergencezonevaries over time.
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Occasional aberrant northward excursions of the intertropicalconvergencezonemay boost precipitation in some years.
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The main factors influencing rainfall are the air streams, the inter-tropicalconvergencezoneand topography.
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Longer term changes in the intertropicalconvergencezonecan result in severe droughts or flooding in nearby areas.
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The movement of the monsoon trough, or intertropicalconvergencezone, brings rainy seasons to savannah climes.
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The smallconvergencezoneforms under specific weather conditions sometimes found in the wake of significant non-tropical cyclones passing east of the area.
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Recent evidence supports the idea that the temporal pole bilaterally is theconvergencezonefor unimodal semantic representations into a multimodal representation.
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This pattern reverses when theconvergencezonemigrates to a position south of the equator.
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Over the oceans, where theconvergencezoneis better defined, the seasonal cycle is more subtle, as the convection is constrained by the distribution of ocean temperatures.
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The brain binds entities and events by multiregional activation from convergence zones.
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When the land-lake breeze blows towards the lake, there is aconvergencezonethat acts to channel the cold air over the center of the lake and further enhance precipitation.
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