convergent boundary

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noun Geology.

a major geologic discontinuity or suture marking the juncture of lithospheric plates that have been joined by plate tectonics.

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Words nearby convergent boundary

convergence, convergence excess, convergence insufficiency, convergence zone, convergent, convergent boundary, convergent evolution, convergent plate boundary, convergent strabismus, convergent thinking, converging lens

How to use convergent boundary in a sentence

First you have to convince people to accept your version of the boundary between law and politics.
A Reminder: Our Justices are Politicians in Robes|Jedediah Purdy|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We need to take a razor and make a boundary in the shaving foam, people.
Leo, the Beard Has to Go: When a Man’s Facial Hair Reaches Crisis Point|Tim Teeman|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the new paper, Laniakea is defined by a gravitational boundary.
Laniakea: The Milky Way’s Place in the Heavens|Matthew R. Francis|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We also need to cross the boundary between environmental and non-environmental issues.
Green Politics Has to Get More Radical, Because Anything Less Is Impractical|Jedediah Purdy|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The real Watson was a sociopathic landowner in southwest Florida where land and water know no fixed boundary.
Peter Matthiessen Was One of the Greatest Writers of a Great Generation|Malcolm Jones|April 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nearly all the mutineers swung round and galloped headlong for the landward boundary of the paddy field.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Boundary line between New York and Massachusetts agreed upon.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Now they are approaching the long row of noble beeches that line the boundary of Mortlake.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
As the car rolled on toward Manhattan's northern boundary, the woman with the green eyes switched on the radio on the dash.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
A large stone set in a secure place surely is a better boundary than a wayward stream whose course is changed by every freshet.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles