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diverge

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di⋅verge

  [di-vurj, dahy-] verb, -verged, -verg⋅ing.
Use diverge in a Sentence
–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

Synonyms:
1. separate, deviate, fork. 4. See deviate.
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di·verge   (dĭ-vûrj', dī-)   
v.   di·verged, di·verg·ing, di·verg·es

v.   intr.

  1. To go or extend in different directions from a common point; branch out.

  2. To differ, as in opinion or manner.

  3. To depart from a set course or norm; deviate. See Synonyms at swerve.

  4. 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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

diverge 
1665, from L. divergere "go in different directions," from dis- "apart" + vergere "to bend, turn" (see verge (v.)). Originally a term in optics; the fig. sense is 19c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

diverge
If a series of approximations to some value get progressively further from it then the series is said to diverge.
The reduction of some term under some evaluation strategy diverges if it does not reach a normal form after a finite number of reductions.
(1994-12-08)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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