Definition of "convergent" [con•ver•gent]

• That converges or focuses (adjective)
• 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  : . (adjective)
• The rational number obtained when a continued fraction has been terminated after a finite number of terms (noun)

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• "Students often have to engage in what we call convergent retrieval, the kind of memory called upon when there is only one possible correct answer, with no latitude whatsoever."
• "Even after the many kinks in "convergent" gadgets are ironed out and devices become more multi-functional, each will have its own strengths and shape."
• "In his 2003 book Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe, Conway Morris assembled a collection of examples of what is called convergent evolution."