収しゅう束そく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

conclusion; resolution; settlement; return to normal

General term for a situation, dispute, or problem coming to an end or calming down. Used for both transitive (bringing something to a close) and intransitive (something settles down) contexts.

• 騒そう動どうがようやく収しゅう束そくした。

  The disturbance finally settled down.

• 両りょう国こくは紛ふん争そうの収しゅう束そくに向むけて話はなし合あった。

  The two countries discussed bringing the conflict to a conclusion.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

gathering and bundling

Literal, physical sense: collecting things together and tying them into a bundle. Less common than the abstract senses.

• 落おち葉ばを収しゅう束そくして縛しばった。

  I gathered the fallen leaves and tied them into a bundle.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

convergence (math)

Mathematical term: a sequence or series approaching a limit. Antonym: 発散 (divergence).

Antonyms: 発散

• この数すう列れつは0に収しゅう束そくする。

  This sequence converges to 0.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

focusing (of light); convergence (physics)

Physics term: light rays or other waves coming together at a point. Often used in optics. Related to 集束.

See also: 集束

• レンズで光ひかりを一いっ点てんに収しゅう束そくさせる。

  The lens focuses the light onto a single point.