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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIVERGENT, a. Departing or receding from each other, as lines which proceed from the same point; opposed to convergent.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: diverging from another or from a standard; "a divergent opinion"
2: tending to move apart in different directions [syn: divergent, diverging] [ant: convergent]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin divergent-, divergens, present participle of divergere Date: 1696 1. a. diverging from each other <divergent paths> b. differing from each other or from a standard <the divergent interests of capital and labor> 2. relating to or being an infinite sequence that does not have a limit or an infinite series whose partial sums do not have a limit 3. causing divergence of rays <a divergent lens> Synonyms: see different • divergently adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 diverging. 2 Psychol. (of thought) tending to reach a variety of possible solutions when analysing a problem. 3 Math. (of a series) increasing indefinitely as more of its terms are added; not convergent. Derivatives: divergence n. divergency n. divergently adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Divergent Di*ver"gent, a. [Cf. F. divergent. See Diverge.] 1. Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent. 2. (Optics) Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens. 3. Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement. Divergent series. (Math.) See Diverging series, under Diverging.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Divergent things are different from each other. (FORMAL) ...two people who have divergent views on this question... ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Radiating. 2. Divaricating, separating, parting. 3. Disagreeing, dissimilar, differing, variant, diverse.

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