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divergent

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di⋅ver⋅gent

  [di-vur-juhnt, dahy-]
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–adjective
1. diverging; differing; deviating.
2. pertaining to or causing divergence.
3. (of a mathematical expression) having no finite limits.
Origin:
1690–1700; < ML dīvergent- (s. of dīvergēns, prp. of dīvergere). See diverge, -ent

Related forms:
di⋅ver⋅gent⋅ly, adverb
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di·ver·gent   (dĭ-vûr'jənt, dī-)   
adj.  

  1. Drawing apart from a common point; diverging.

  2. Departing from convention.

  3. Differing from another: a divergent opinion.

  4. Mathematics Failing to approach a limit; not convergent.

di·ver'gent·ly adv.
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