Meaning of CONVERGING
Pronunciation: | | kunv'urjing
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] the act of converging (coming closer) |
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| Synonyms: | | convergence, convergency |
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| See Also: | | coming together, connection, connexion, joining, meeting, merging | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \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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