merging
合流している
解説 Definition
mergingとは、二つ以上のものが一つに結合・合流することを意味する形容詞または動詞の現在分詞形です。企業の合併、交通の合流、データの統合など、様々な文脈で使われます。異なる要素が一体化していく過程や状態を表します。
Merging describes things that are combining or moving together to become one system, organization, stream, or whole. It can modify entities undergoing that process or function as the present participle of merge in contexts such as traffic, business, colors, and data.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
merging は merge の語末の黙字 e を落として -ing を付けた形で、/ˈmɜːrdʒɪŋ/ のように発音する。二つの車線、企業、色、データが境界を失って一つになる過程を思い浮かべる。join より「別々だった流れや組織が一体化する」点が強く、emerging とは先頭の e の有無に注意。
Merging is formed from merge by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing; pronounce the ending /dʒɪŋ/. Picture two traffic lanes narrowing into one, two companies becoming a single corporation, or colors blending until their boundary disappears. This image captures the key idea: separate elements are in the process of forming one whole. Merge is often stronger than simply join because the original parts may lose some independence. Keep merging distinct from emerging: emerging means appearing or coming into view, while merging means combining with something else.
例文
The two companies are merging to form a larger corporation.
その2社は合併してより大きな企業を形成しようとしている。
Be careful when merging onto the highway during rush hour.
ラッシュアワーに幹線道路に合流する際は注意してください。
The artist created a beautiful effect by merging different colors on the canvas.
その画家はキャンバス上で異なる色を混ぜ合わせることで美しい効果を生み出した。
merging の類義語・関連語
merging の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 mergere（沈める・浸す）に由来し、接頭辞なしの語根 merg-（沈む・混ざる）に現在分詞の -ing が付いた形。二つのものが一つに「沈み込んで溶け合う」イメージ。関連語に emerge（e- 外へ＋merge＝浮かび上がる）や submerge（sub- 下に＋merge＝水中に沈める）がある。
Merging is the -ing form of merge. Merge comes from Latin mergere, meaning “to dip, immerse, or plunge,” through later French and English development. The image of one thing sinking into or becoming absorbed in another helped produce the modern sense “combine into one.” Related formations include submerge, literally involving movement under, and emerge, historically involving movement out. Modern merging commonly describes the integration of traffic, companies, files, data, sounds, or colors.
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