# vergency

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The act of verging or approaching; tendency, inclination towards something.
2. The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as a measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays.

## Etymology
verge + -ency, cf. New Latin vergentia (16th century), French vergence (18th century) and later English vergence (20th century).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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