Dictionary

divergent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [dɑe̯ˈvøː.d͡ʒənt] (New-Zealand)
• /dɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/ (Canada, General-American)
• /dɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /daɪˈvøː.d͡ʒənt/ (New-Zealand)
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• /dɑeˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/ (Australia)
• /daɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/ (Canada, General-American)
• /daɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin dis- (“apart”) + vergere (“to turn”) + the adjectival suffix -ent.

Meanings

1. Growing further apart; diverging.
   • 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, page 47:
   • Four zebras stood despondent facing divergent directions like an old European film or a '90s band photo. 2020, “Zoo”, in Still at the Rough Cusp of Renaissance, performed by Good Fuck:
2. (said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit.
3. Disagreeing from something given; differing.
   • a divergent statement
4. Causing divergence of rays.
   • a divergent lens

Forms

Deriveds

neurodivergent · hyperdivergent · stereodivergent · regiodivergent · divergently · divergent gill trama · undivergent · normodivergent · multidivergent · enantiodivergent · nondivergent · hypodivergent · divergent thinking · codivergent · divergent series

Relateds

converge · diverge

Translations (32)

mi tīhoi (growing further apart; diverging) · fi eriytyvä (growing further apart; diverging) · ast diverxente (of a series, not converging) · tl palayo (of a series, not converging) · hu divergens (of a series, not converging) · cmn 發散 /发散 (of a series, not converging) · fi hajautuva (growing further apart; diverging) · fi laajeneva (growing further apart; diverging) · es divergente (of a series, not converging) · hu széthúzó (growing further apart; diverging) · sv divergent (of a series, not converging) · bg отклоняващ се (growing further apart; diverging) · az dağılan (of a series, not converging) · fi hajaantuva (of a series, not converging) · pt divergente (of a series, not converging) · mi tīhoi (of a series, not converging) · ro divergent (growing further apart; diverging) · gl diverxente (of a series, not converging) · ka განშლადი (of a series, not converging) · ca divergent (of a series, not converging) · bg разходящ (of a series, not converging) · it divergente (of a series, not converging) · fr divergent (of a series, not converging) · es divergente (growing further apart; diverging) · pl rozbieżny (of a series, not converging) · cs divergentní (growing further apart; diverging) · fi hajaantuva (growing further apart; diverging) · ro divergent (of a series, not converging) · ru расходящийся (of a series, not converging) · cs rozbíhavý (growing further apart; diverging) · pl rozbieżny (growing further apart; diverging) · fi divergentti (growing further apart; diverging)