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Meaning of CONVERGENT

Pronunciation:  kun'vurjunt

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 Definition: [adj]  tending to come together from different directions
 
 Synonyms: confluent, converging(a), focused, focussed, merging(a)
 
 Antonyms: divergent, diverging
 
 See Also: oblique

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Con*ver"gent\, a. [Cf. F. convergent.]
tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each
other; converging.

      As many rays of light, as conveniently can be let in,
      and made convergent.                     --Boyle.

      The vast dome of its cathedral . . . directing its
      convergent curves to heaven.             --Hallam.

 

 

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