convergent

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: con=ver=gent

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."  [1913 Webster]
"The vast dome of its cathedral . . . directing its convergent curves to heaven."  [1913 Webster]

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.

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.