converger

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

converger (plural convergers)

1. One who, or that which, converges.

   Antonym: diverger

2. (education) A learner who prefers to focus on the practical application of abstract ideas, hence primarily technical subjects.

   Coordinate terms: diverger, assimilator, accommodator

3. (chiefly quantum chemistry) An iterative method, especially an iterative ab initio method for solving the electronic Schrödinger equation.
   • 2022, Benjamin Helmich-Paris, “A trust-region augmented Hessian implementation for state-specific and state-averaged CASSCF wave functions”, in The Journal of Chemical Physics, volume 156, number 20, →DOI, abstract:

     In this work, we present a one-step second-order converger for state-specific (SS) and state-averaged (SA) complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) wave functions.

From Latin convergō.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒe/

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converger

1. (intransitive) to converge

   Antonym: diverger

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written converge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

• convergence
• convergent

• “converger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• convergir

From Latin convergō.

• IPA^(key): /kombeɾˈxeɾ/ [kõm.beɾˈxeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: con‧ver‧ger

converger (first-person singular present converjo, first-person singular preterite convergí, past participle convergido)

1. to converge

   Antonym: divergir

• “converger”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014