Diverge
[daɪ'vɜːdʒ;dɪ-] or [daɪ'vɝdʒ]
Definition
(verb.) move or draw apart; 'The two paths diverge here'.
(verb.) extend in a different direction; 'The lines start to diverge here'; 'Their interests diverged'.
(verb.) have no limits as a mathematical series.
Editor: Omar--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.
(v. i.) To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Radiate, tend from one point in different directions.[2]. Divaricate, separate, branch off.
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Definition
v.i. to incline or turn apart: to tend from a common point in different directions: to vary from the standard.—ns. Diverge′ment; Diverg′ence Diverg′ency a tendency to recede from one point.—adj. Diverg′ent.—adv. Diverg′ingly.
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Examples
- But we must not let the recollections of this good fellow cause us to diverge from the principal history. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The last three types, called concave lenses, scatter parallel rays so that they do not come to a focus, but diverge widely after passage through the lens. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I should commence, sir, with a tribute to the lady's beauty and excellent qualities; from them, Sir, I should diverge to my own unworthiness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The customs and beliefs of different communities were found to diverge sharply from one another. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Mr. Spenlow and I falling into this conversation, prolonged it and our saunter to and fro, until we diverged into general topics. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- We were taking the course I had begun with, and from which I had diverged in the mist. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Presently I came to a place where five corridors diverged from a common point. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The branches ought to have diverged in all directions. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It occurred to her that he might be resting in the summer-house, towards which the path diverged a little. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Their conditions diverged from the first. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But from this point the two worlds diverged. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One or two promised; and Christian, diverging from his direct path, turned round to the right with his companions towards the Quiet Woman. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The branching and diverging dotted lines of unequal lengths proceeding from (A), may represent its varying offspring. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- From a diverging tunnel a sinuous, tawny form crept stealthily toward us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I am invested with no authority for diverging from them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Diverging to the footpath, I made for the first break that I could guess at, rather than see, in the hedge. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- We may suppose that the numbered letters in italics represent genera, and the dotted lines diverging from them the species in each genus. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The men filed rapidly past me and entered the diverging corridor which I hoped would lead to safety. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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