English Explanatory Dictionary

divergent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Growing further apart; diverging.
  2. (said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit.
  3. Disagreeing from something given; differing.
  4. Causing divergence of rays.

Pronunciation

/daɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/ /dɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/ /dɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/ /daɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-divergent.wav /dɑeˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/ /daɪˈvøː.d͡ʒənt/ [dɑe̯ˈvøː.d͡ʒənt]

Word forms

divergent more divergent most divergent

Etymology

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

Related words

diverge converge

Derived words

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