Converging

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           The mountains converge into a single ridge.
                                                    --Jefferson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Converging \Con*ver"ging\, a.
     Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as,
     converging lines. --Whewell.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  converging
       n : the act of converging (coming closer) [syn: {convergence}, {convergency}]