converge

Definitions


[kənˈvəːdʒ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of lines) tend to meet at a point
(e.g: a pair of lines of longitude are parallel at the equator but converge toward the poles)

- (of a series) approximate in the sum of its terms towards a definite limit
(e.g: the powers of E therefore converge very slowly indeed)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century: from late Latin convergere, from con- ‘together’ + Latin vergere ‘incline’




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