diverge
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: From Medieval Latin dīvergō (“bend away from, go in a different direction”), from Latin dī- + vergō (“bend”).
Inflected forms:
form: diverges
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: diverging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: diverged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: diverged
pos: verb
tags: past
form: diverges
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
literally
examples: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both / […]
gloss: To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.
The brooding, black-clad singer bridged a stark divide that emerged in the recording industry in the 1950s, as post-Elvis pop singers diverged into two camps and audiences aligned themselves with either the sideburned rebels of rock 'n' roll or the cowboy-hatted twangsters of country music.
“Earth Two,” a new series by writer James Robinson and artist Nicola Scott, reintroduces the concept by putting a new spin on the original versions of characters like the Green Lantern, the Flash and Superman that diverges notably from the past several decades of DC lore.
gloss: To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
literally
examples: The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north.
The last 61 miles of the journey, from Kongsberg to Oslo, are through much less mountainous country. The railway curves sharply away from the Lågan^([sic]), and descends steadily, and in places steeply, past the head of Lake Fiskerumvatn to Hokksund, where the connecting line to the Bergen-Oslo Railway at Hønefoss diverges.
Aedeagus in lateral view with preatrium well developed, almost as long as shaft, shaft slender, tubular, straight, diverging from line of preatrium about 30°, with membranous flanges on dorsal side variable in shape, dorsoatrium absent but with pair of ligaments connecting to anal tube laterally, in ventral view aedeagus shaft and preatrium nearly broadened at atrium, gonopore apical (Figs 4C, 4F–4I, 5A and 5G–5I ).
North of Tain [...], the line reaches the southern shore of Dornoch Firth. Here, the railway and the A9 trunk road, which have hitherto run close together, diverge.
gloss: To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: The software is pretty good, except for a few cases where its behavior diverges from user expectations.
gloss: Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The sequence x#95;n#61;n² diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound.
The sequence a#95;n#61;(-1)ⁿ diverges; it keeps oscillating between -1 and 1.
gloss: A point where a lane branches off from the main flow.
pos: noun
Antonyms: converge
Derived words: codiverge
divergement
divergence
divergent
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: տարամիտել
roman: taramitel
lang: Bulgarian
word: отклонявам се
roman: otklonjavam se
lang: Catalan
word: divergir
lang: Dutch
word: divergeren
lang: Dutch
word: uiteenwijken
lang: Dutch
word: uiteenlopen
lang: Esperanto
word: diverĝi
lang: Finnish
word: erkaantua
lang: Finnish
word: erkanee
lang: Finnish
word: erota
lang: French
word: diverger
lang: German
word: divergieren
lang: German
word: auseinandergehen
lang: German
word: auseinander gehen
lang: German
word: auseinanderstreben
lang: German
word: auseinanderlaufen
lang: German
word: auseinanderbewegen
lang: German
word: auseinanderklaffen
lang: German
word: sich auseinanderentwickeln
lang: German
word: abbiegen
lang: German
word: sich teilen
lang: German
word: abweichen
lang: German
word: sich entfernen von
lang: German
word: sich wegentwickeln von
lang: German
word: umlenken
lang: Greek
word: αποκλίνω
roman: apoklíno
lang: Hungarian
word: elágazik
lang: Hungarian
word: szétágazik
lang: Hungarian
word: különválik
lang: Hungarian
word: szétválik
lang: Hungarian
word: elválik
lang: Hungarian
word: eltér
lang: Māori
word: tihoi
lang: Māori
word: tangongi
lang: Polish
word: rozchodzić się
lang: Polish
word: rozbiegać się
lang: Polish
word: rozdzielać się
lang: Portuguese
word: divergir
lang: Russian
word: отклоня́ться
roman: otklonjátʹsja
lang: Russian
word: расходи́ться
roman: rasxodítʹsja
lang: Sanskrit
word: ह्वरति
roman: hvarati
lang: Spanish
word: divergir