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Converging rays

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Converging \Con*ver"ging\, a.
   Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as,
   converging lines. --Whewell.

   {Converging rays}(Opt.), rays of light, which, proceeding
      from different points of an object, tend toward a single
      point.

   {Converging series} (Math.), a series in which if an
      indefinitely great number of terms be taken, their sum
      will become indefinitely near in value to a fixed
      quantity, which is called the sum of the series; --
      opposed to a {diverging} series.
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