convergent
/kənˈvɜːdʒənt/adjective
1- coming closer together, especially in characteristics or ideas（尤指特征或想法）趋同的, 求同的：
there are a number of convergent reasons for the growth of interest in pragmatics.
对语用学兴趣的提高有许多趋同的原因。
1.1
- relating to convergence会聚的, 相交的：
a convergent boundary
相交的国界。
1.2
- Mathematics (of a series) approaching a definite limit as more of its terms are added【数】收敛的。
1.3
- Biology relating to or denoting evolutionary convergence【生】趋同进化的。
1.4
- (of thought) tending to follow well-established patterns（思维）幅合的, 聚合的, 求同的。
词源
early 18th cent.: from late Latin convergent- 'inclining together', from the verb convergere （see CONVERGE）.