CONVERGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does convergent mean? 

• CONVERGENT (adjective)
  The adjective CONVERGENT has 1 sense:

1. tending to come together from different directions

  Familiarity information: CONVERGENT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONVERGENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tending to come together from different directions

Similar:

confluent; merging (flowing together)

focused; focussed ((of light rays) converging on a point)

Also:

oblique (slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled)

Antonym:

divergent (tending to move apart in different directions)

Derivation:

converge (come together so as to form a single product)

converge (move or draw together at a certain location)

converge (be adjacent or come together)

convergence (the act of converging (coming closer))

convergence (the occurrence of two or more things coming together)

convergency (the act of converging (coming closer))