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converge

[kuh n-vurj]
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verb (used without object), con·verged, con·verg·ing.
  1. to tend to meet in a point or line; incline toward each other, as lines that are not parallel.
  2. to tend to a common result, conclusion, etc.
  3. Mathematics.
    1. (of a sequence) to have values eventually arbitrarily close to some number; to have a finite limit.
    2. (of an infinite series) to have a finite sum; to have a sequence of partial sums that converges.
    3. (of an improper integral) to have a finite value.
    4. (of a net) to be residually in every neighborhood of some point.
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verb (used with object), con·verged, con·verg·ing.
  1. to cause to converge.
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Origin of converge

First recorded in 1685–95, converge is from the Late Latin word convergere to incline together. See con-, verge2
Related formsnon·con·verg·ing, adjectivere·con·verge, verb (used without object), re·con·verged, re·con·verg·ing.un·con·verged, adjectiveun·con·verg·ing, adjective

Synonyms

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1. approach, focus, come together.
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Examples from the Web for converging

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  • The river on the right, and the hill on the left of him were converging.

    The Night Riders

    Ridgwell Cullum

  • As if that were not enough, the converging players pounced upon them.

    Two Boys in Wyoming

    Edward S. Ellis

  • Better than fifteen hundred men were converging on the spot.

    Despoilers of the Golden Empire

    Gordon Randall Garrett

  • I would take him off the converging roads while yet Oxford was unseen.

    Oxford

    Frederick Douglas How

  • Converging upon him simultaneously, they hoped to surround and destroy him.

British Dictionary definitions for converging

converge

verb
  1. to move or cause to move towards the same pointcrowds converged on the city
  2. to meet or cause to meet; join
  3. (intr) (of opinions, effects, etc) to tend towards a common conclusion or result
  4. (intr) maths (of an infinite series or sequence) to approach a finite limit as the number of terms increases
  5. (intr) (of animals and plants during evolutionary development) to undergo convergence
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Word Origin

C17: from Late Latin convergere, from Latin com- together + vergere to incline
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for converging

converge

v.

1690s, from Late Latin convergere "to incline together" from com- "together" (see com-) + vergere "to bend" (see verge (v.)). Related: Converged; converging.

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
converging in Science

converge

[kən-vûrj′]
  1. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point.
  2. In calculus, to approach a limit.
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