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converging - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
converging lens.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective adjective (Opt.) rays of light, which, proceeding from different points of an object, tend toward a single point.adjective (Math.) a series in which if an indefinitely great number of terms be taken, their sum will become indefinitely near in value to a fixed quantity, which is called the sum of the series ; -- opposed to a diverging series.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective approaching each other at a point ; convergent .verb converge .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
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We were nearly one hundred in a facility conceived for sixty, all converging from the Northern Fleet for different reasons into this one ward.
Tell Them, Please Tell Them 2005
We were nearly one hundred in a facility conceived for sixty, all converging from the Northern Fleet for different reasons into this one ward.
Tell Them, Please Tell Them 2005
You must have guessed by now, though, that to my mind they seem counter-productive in converging financial markets.
International Financial Markets after the U.S. Elections 1984
In the bigger picture, EUR/GBP is still bounded inside medium term converging range between
IBTimes.com RSS Feed 2010
In the bigger picture, EUR/GBP is still bounded inside medium term converging range between
IBTimes.com RSS Feed 2010
In the bigger picture, EUR/GBP is still bounded inside medium term converging range between
IBTimes.com RSS Feed 2010
In the bigger picture, EUR/GBP is still bounded inside medium term converging range between
IBTimes.com RSS Feed 2010
In the bigger picture, EUR/GBP is still bounded inside medium term converging range between
IBTimes.com RSS Feed 2010
Contrary to those believing "Science is a process, NOT a consensus", consensus is very much part of the scientific process as data and models begin converging .
Jack Schmitt on Global Warming - NASA Watch 2009
In China's 12th five-year plan for economic and social development, one can also find the phrase "expanding converging interests."
Nathan Gardels: China's Zheng Bijian on "The Global Convergence of Interests" Nathan Gardels 2011
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