Vergency
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Vergency is a noun meaning The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as a measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays.
Meaning
The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as a measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays.
More Meanings
- (dated) The act of verging or approaching; tendency, inclination towards something.
Example Sentences
s.v. hanker: "vergency, incline"
the Earth is moved about the Sun by its Inclination and Vergency towards it
1721 Nathan Bailey, An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, E. Bell, London. "VERGENCY [of vergere, L.] a bending or declining away, from or to, inclining."
When, by the pencil becoming oblique to the surface, the vergency produced on the pencil becomes changed, the primary and secondary focal points, V and H, separate […]
Word Forms
- vergencies
Synonyms for vergency
Depending on context, synonyms include vergence.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include verge, assurgency, avidity, haste, fervence, vehemence.
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