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Converge vs Adjoin - What's the difference?

converge | adjoin |

As verbs the difference between converge and adjoin

is that converge is while adjoin is to be in contact or connection with.

converge

English

Verb

(converg)
  • Of two or more entities, to approach each other; to get closer and closer.
  • * Jefferson
    • The mountains converge into a single ridge.
  • (mathematics) Of a sequence, to have a limit.
  • (computing) Of an iterative process, to reach a stable end point.

    • Antonyms

    * to diverge

    Derived terms

    * convergence * convergent

    Related terms

    * divergence ----

    adjoin

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be in contact or connection with.
    • The living room and dining room adjoin each other.
  • (transitive, mathematics, chiefly, algebra, and, number theory) To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of (the element).
    • \textbf{Q}\left(\sqrt{2}\right) can be obtained from \textbf{Q} by adjoining \sqrt{2} to \textbf{Q} .

    Derived terms

    * adjoining

    Related terms

    * adjunction