English Explanatory Dictionary

converger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who, or that which, converges.
  2. A learner who prefers to focus on the practical application of abstract ideas, hence primarily technical subjects.
  3. An iterative method, especially an iterative ab initio method for solving the electronic Schrödinger equation.

Word forms

converger convergers

Etymology

From converge + -er. The learner sense was coined by educational theorists David A. Kolb and Roger E. Fry in the 1970s.

Antonyms

diverger
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