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convergent
| convergent strabismus
| convergent thinker
| convergent thinking
| converging
| converging lens
convergent
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective convergent has 1 sense
- convergent(a = adj.all) Array - tending to come together from different directions; Array Derived forms verb converge4, verb converge3, verb converge1, noun convergence4, noun convergence1, noun convergency2
Antonym: divergent
CIDE DICTIONARY
convergent, a. [Cf. F. convergent.].
tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging. [1913 Webster]
"As many rays of light, as conveniently can be let in, and made convergent."
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"The vast dome of its cathedral . . . directing its convergent curves to heaven."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
convergent, adj.
1 converging.
2 Biol. (of unrelated organisms) having the tendency to become similar while adapting to the same environment.
3 Psychol. (of thought) tending to reach only the most rational result.
1 converging.
2 Biol. (of unrelated organisms) having the tendency to become similar while adapting to the same environment.
3 Psychol. (of thought) tending to reach only the most rational result.
Derivative
convergence n. convergency n.
ROGET THESAURUS
convergent
Convergence
N convergence, confluence, concourse, conflux, congress, concurrence, concentration, convergency, appulse, meeting, corradiation, assemblage, resort, asymptote, converging, convergent, confluent, concurrent, centripetal, asymptotical, asymptotic, confluxible.
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