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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
con·verge       [kuhn-vurj] Pronunciation Key verb, -verged, -verg·ing.
–verb (used without object)
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.
a.(of a sequence) to have values eventually arbitrarily close to some number; to have a finite limit.
b.(of an infinite series) to have a finite sum; to have a sequence of partial sums that converges.
c.(of an improper integral) to have a finite value.
d.(of a net) to be residually in every neighborhood of some point.
–verb (used with object)
4.to cause to converge.
[Origin: 1685–95; < LL convergere to incline together. See con-, verge2]

—Synonyms 1. approach, focus, come together.
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con·verge       (kən-vûrj')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   con·verged, con·verg·ing, con·verg·es

v.   intr.
    1. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point: lines that converge.
    2. To come together from different directions; meet: The avenues converge at a central square.
  2. To tend toward or achieve union or a common conclusion or result: In time, our views and our efforts converged.
  3. Mathematics To approach a limit.

v.   tr.
To cause to converge.


[Late Latin convergere, to incline together : Latin com-, com- + Latin vergere, to incline; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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converging

noun
the act of converging (coming closer) [syn: convergence] 

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converge       (kən-vûrj')  Pronunciation Key 
  1. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point.
  2. In calculus, to approach a limit.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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