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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Converge \Con*verge"\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Converged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Converging}.] [Pref. con- + L. vergere to turn, incline; cf. F. converger. See {Verge}, verb (used without an object)] To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.
The mountains converge into a single ridge. --Jefferson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Converging \Con*ver"ging\, adjective 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) 2.0 [wn]:
converging
noun: the act of converging (coming closer) [syn: {convergence}, {convergency}]
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