Convergent
11convergent — nonparallel onparallel adj. 1. not parallel; of lines or linear objects. Opposite of {parallel}. [Narrower terms: {bias, catacorner, cata cornered, catercorner, cater cornered, catty corner, catty cornered, diagonal, kitty corner, kitty cornered …
12CONVERGENT — ENTE. adj. T. de Géom. et de Physiq. Il se dit Des lignes droites qui se dirigent vers un même point, qui convergent. Lignes convergentes. Rayons convergents …
13convergent — convergently, adv. /keuhn verr jeuhnt/, adj. characterized by convergence; tending to come together; merging. [1720 30; < LL convergent (s. of convergens, prp. of convergere). See CONVERGE, ENT] * * * …
14convergent — 1. adjective a) That converges or focuses b) A sequence in a metric space with metric d is convergent to a point , denoted as , if for every there is a natural number N such that for every : . 2. noun the rational number obtained when a …
15convergent — converge ► VERB 1) come together from different directions so as eventually to meet. 2) (converge on/upon) come from different directions and meet at. DERIVATIVES convergent adjective. ORIGIN Latin convergere, from vergere incline …
16Convergent evolution — These two succulent plant genera, Euphorbia and Astrophytum, are only distantly related, but have independently con …
17Convergent series — redirects here. For the short story collection, see Convergent Series (short story collection). In mathematics, a series is the sum of the terms of a sequence of numbers. Given a sequence , the nth partial sum Sn is the sum of the first n terms… …
18Convergent extension — Convergent extension, or Convergence and Extension, is the process by which the tissue of an embryo is restructured to converge (narrow) along one axis and extend (elongate) along a perpendicular axis by cellular movement. An example of this… …
19Convergent charging — and billing (also known as convergent charging, converged charging and convergent billing), is a solution in the telecommunications industry that enables common management of all users and all services for operators.[1][2][3] It includes… …
20Convergent Technologies (Unisys) — Convergent Technologies was a company formed by a small group of people who left Intel Corporation and Xerox PARC in 1979. Convergent Technologies first product was the IWS (Integrated Workstation) tower based on the Intel 8086, which ran… …
