converger
English edit
Etymology edit
From converge + -er. The learner sense was coined by educational theorists David A. Kolb and Roger E. Fry in the 1970s.
Noun edit
converger (plural convergers)
- One who, or that which, converges.
- Antonym: diverger
- (education) A learner who prefers to focus on the practical application of abstract ideas, hence primarily technical subjects.
- Coordinate terms: diverger, assimilator, accommodator
- (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, , 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.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
converger
- (intransitive) to converge
- Antonym: diverger
Conjugation edit
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.
Conjugation of converger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | converger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | convergeant /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | convergé /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | converge /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/ |
converges /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/ |
converge /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/ |
convergeons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
convergez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒe/ |
convergent /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/ |
| imperfect | convergeais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/ |
convergeais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/ |
convergeait /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/ |
convergions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
convergiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒje/ |
convergeaient /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | convergeai /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒe/ |
convergeas /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒa/ |
convergea /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒa/ |
convergeâmes /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒam/ |
convergeâtes /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒat/ |
convergèrent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | convergerai /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
convergeras /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
convergera /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
convergerons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
convergerez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
convergeront /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | convergerais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
convergerais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
convergerait /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
convergerions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
convergeriez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ |
convergeraient /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | converge /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/ |
converges /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/ |
converge /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/ |
convergions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
convergiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒje/ |
convergent /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | convergeasse /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒas/ |
convergeasses /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒas/ |
convergeât /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒa/ |
convergeassions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
convergeassiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒa.sje/ |
convergeassent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | converge /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/ |
— | convergeons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
convergez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ʒe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms edit
References edit
- “converger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
converger (first-person singular present converjo, first-person singular preterite convergí, past participle convergido)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of converger (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of converger (g-j alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “converger”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014