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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Converge \Con*verge"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Converged}; p. pr &
vb n. {Converging}.] [Pref. con- + L. vergere to turn,
incline; cf F. converger. See {Verge}, v. i.]
To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer
together; as lines converge.
The mountains converge into a single ridge.
--Jefferson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Converging \Con*ver"ging\, a.
Tending to one point; approaching each other convergent; as
converging lines. --Whewell.
{Converging rays}(Opt.), rays of light, which proceeding
from different points of an object, tend toward a single
point.
{Converging series} (Math.), a series in which if an
indefinitely great number of terms be taken their sum
will become indefinitely near in value to a fixed
quantity, which is called the sum of the series; --
opposed to a {diverging} series.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
converging
adj : meeting or joining [syn: {converging(a)}]
n : the act of converging (coming closer) [syn: {convergence}, {convergency}]
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