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Webster 1913 Edition
Divergent
1.
Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; – opposed to
convergent
. 2.
(Optics)
Causing divergence of rays;
as, a
. divergent
lens3.
Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing;
as, a
. divergent
statementWebster 1828 Edition
Divergent
DIVERGENT
,Adj.
Definition 2024
divergent
divergent
English
Adjective
divergent (comparative more divergent, superlative most divergent)
- Growing further apart; diverging.
- 1995, Paul Kussmaul, Training The Translator, John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 47:
- Divergent thinking and transformations are, of course, no novel phenomena. They have always occurred in the translation process, but perhaps we have not been fully aware of them, or have not been able to categorise them with sufficient precision until now.
- 1995, Paul Kussmaul, Training The Translator, John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 47:
- (mathematics) Of a series, not converging; not approaching a limit.
- Disagreeing from something given; differing.
- a divergent statement
- Causing divergence of rays.
- a divergent lens
Related terms
Translations
growing further apart; diverging
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of a series, not converging
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.vɛʁʒ/
Verb
divergent
- third-person plural present indicative of diverger
- third-person plural present subjunctive of diverger
Adjective
divergent m (feminine singular divergente, masculine plural divergents, feminine plural divergentes)
Swedish
Adjective
divergent
Declension
| Inflection of divergent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | divergent | — | — |
| Neuter singular | divergent | — | — |
| Plural | divergenta | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | divergente | — | — |
| All | divergenta | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role. | |||