converge
verb/kənˈvɜːd͡ʒ/
Etymology From Latin convergere, from con- (“together”) + vergere (“to bend”).
1
(said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer; to become a unified whole; to come to share a similarity.
- ideas converge
- All of his books converge on the same outline.
3 more examples
- The mountains converge into a single ridge.1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia:
- Between them, and fitted with the necessary turntables, capstans, and other appliances for transferring the small four-wheel carriages and vans from one track to another, were 14 tracks which converged outside the station into double-track through the Maiden Lane Tunnel, 528 yd. in length.1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 650:
- I am walking down a snowy street in Brookline. Three men and I converge at a front door, introduce ourselves, and shake hands.1988 February 7, Marea Murray, “Battles Joined: Oddysey of a Lesbian AIDS Activist”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 8:
2
Mathematics, Sciences (said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit.
3
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences (said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point.
4
To cause to converge; to bring together.
- Microsoft Windows 98 software installer By converging real-time 2-D and 3-D graphics, digital video and audio, and the Internet, Windows 98 redefines the role of the computer as an entertainment platform.
- Antonyms
- diverge
- Derived terms
- convergence, hyperconverged, unconverged, convergement, convergent, converger, deconvergence, equiconvergence, misconverge, misconvergence, postconvergence, reconverge, semiconvergence
- Related terms
- divergence