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di·verge

Audio Help [di-vurj, dahy-] Pronunciation Key verb, -verged, -verg·ing.

–verb (used without object)

1.	to move, lie, or extend in different directions from a common point; branch off.

2.	to differ in opinion, character, form, etc.; deviate.

3.	Mathematics. (of a sequence, series, etc.) to have no unique limit; to have infinity as a limit.

4.	to turn aside or deviate, as from a path, practice, or plan.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to deflect or turn aside.

[Origin: 1655–65; < ML dīvergere, equiv. to L dī- di-² + vergere to incline

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—Synonyms 1. separate, deviate, fork. 4. See deviate.

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di·verge Audio Help   (dĭ-vûrj', dī-) Pronunciation Key
v.   di·verged, di·verg·ing, di·verg·es

v.   intr.

To go or extend in different directions from a common point; branch out.
To differ, as in opinion or manner.
To depart from a set course or norm; deviate. See Synonyms at swerve.
Mathematics To fail to approach a limit.

v. tr.
To cause (light rays, for example) to diverge; deflect.

[Latin dīvergere : Latin dī-, dis-, apart; see dis- + Latin vergere, to bend; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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diverging
adjective
tending to move apart in different directions [syn: divergent] [ant: convergent]

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diverging

Con*ver"ging\, a. Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines. --Whewell.

Converging rays(Opt.), rays of light, which, proceeding from different points of an object, tend toward a single point.

Converging series (Math.), a series in which if an indefinitely great number of terms be taken, their sum will become indefinitely near in value to a fixed quantity, which is called the sum of the series; -- opposed to a diverging series.

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