English Explanatory Dictionary

vergency

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of verging or approaching; tendency, inclination towards something.
  2. The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as a measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays.

Word forms

vergency vergencies

Etymology

verge + -ency, cf. New Latin vergentia (16th century), French vergence (18th century) and later English vergence (20th century).

Synonyms

vergence
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