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Adjective
/kənˈvərjənt/,
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Coming closer together, esp. in characteristics or ideas,
  1. Coming closer together, esp. in characteristics or ideas
    • - convergent changes in languages
  2. Relating to convergence
    • - a convergent boundary
  3. (of a series) Approaching a definite limit as more of its terms are added

  4. Relating to or denoting evolutionary convergence

  5. (of thought) Tending to follow well-established patterns

  1. tending to come together from different directions
  2. A convergent is one of a sequence of values obtained by evaluating successive truncations of a continued fraction. The nth convergent is also known as the nth approximant of a continued fraction.
  3. the rational number obtained when a continued fraction has been terminated after a finite number of terms; That converges or focuses; A sequence xn in a metric space with metric d is convergent to a point x ^* , denoted as , if for every ε > 0 there is a natural number N such that for every : ...
  4. (convergently) In a convergent manner; With regard to convergence
  5. Two or more rays proceeding inward toward a point.
  6. Slopes which drain to or funnel water towards a  common point upslope of a stream channel.
  7. Having characteristics that are similar in structure and function, but that arose separately, rather than from a common ancestor.
  8. A term used in reference to objects that are moving towards one another.
  9. To be oriented as if coming together at a point; inclined towards each other.
  10. coming into contact yet not fused
  11. boundary is a fault boundary defined in the specialty of geology known as plate tectonics.