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converge verb [ kənˈvəːdʒ ]

• (of lines) tend to meet at a point.
• "a pair of lines of longitude are parallel at the equator but converge toward the poles"
Similar: meet, intersect, cross, come together, connect, link up, coincide, join, unite, merge,
Opposite: separate, diverge,
• (of a series) approximate in the sum of its terms towards a definite limit.
• "the powers of E therefore converge very slowly indeed"
Origin: late 17th century: from late Latin convergere, from con- ‘together’ + Latin vergere ‘incline’.


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