Divergent
[daɪ'vɜːdʒ(ə)nt;dɪ-] or [daɪ'vɝdʒənt]
Definition
(adj.) tending to move apart in different directions .
(adj.) diverging from another or from a standard; 'a divergent opinion' .
Inputed by Clinton--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.
(a.) Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens.
(a.) Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement.
Inputed by Emilia
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Radiating.[2]. Divaricating, separating.
Typed by Belinda
Examples
- They also bear abundant evidence of the compatibility of these two widely divergent gifts existing, even to a high degree, in the same person. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If, then, these two varieties be variable, the most divergent of their variations will generally be preserved during the next thousand generations. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- There can be no doubt that we have to deal in this period with at least two, and probably more, highly divergent races of true men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Two divergent lines of thought are traceable in Jewish affairs during these five hundred years. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Waldo