divergent
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin dis- (“apart”) + vergere (“to turn”) + the adjectival suffix -ent.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /daɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/, /dɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/
(General American, Canada) IPA(key): /dɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/, /daɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/
(General Australian) IPA(key): /dɑeˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/
(New Zealand) IPA(key): /daɪˈvøː.d͡ʒənt/, [dɑe̯ˈvøː.d͡ʒənt]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt
=== Adjective ===
divergent (comparative more divergent, superlative most divergent)
Growing further apart; diverging.
(mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit.
Disagreeing from something given; differing.
Causing divergence of rays.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
diverge
converge
==== Translations ====
=== Anagrams ===
ridge vent
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin dīvergentem.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern) [di.βərˈʒe̞n]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [di.vərˈʒent]
IPA(key): (Central) [di.βərˈʒen]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [di.veɾˈd͡ʒent]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [di.βerˈʒen]
=== Adjective ===
divergent m or f (masculine and feminine plural divergents)
divergent
==== Related terms ====
divergir
=== Further reading ===
“divergent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“divergent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“divergent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “divergent”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin dīvergēns, the active present participle of the Latin verb that also underlies the borrowed Dutch divergeren.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Adjective ===
divergent (comparative divergenter, superlative divergentst)
divergent
Antonym: convergent
divergente reeks ― divergent series
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Indonesian: divergen
== French ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Latin dīvergentem.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/
==== Adjective ====
divergent (feminine divergente, masculine plural divergents, feminine plural divergentes)
divergent
===== Related terms =====
diverger
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /di.vɛʁʒ/
==== Verb ====
divergent
third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of diverger
=== Further reading ===
“divergent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== German ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin divergens.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˌdivɛʁˈɡɛnt]
Hyphenation: di‧ver‧gent
=== Adjective ===
divergent (strong nominative masculine singular divergenter, comparative divergenter, superlative am divergentesten)
divergent
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“divergent” in Duden online
“divergent”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
== Latin ==
=== Verb ===
dīvergent
third-person plural future active indicative of dīvergō
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French divergent.
=== Adjective ===
divergent m or n (feminine singular divergentă, masculine plural divergenți, feminine/neuter plural divergente)
divergent
==== Declension ====
== Swedish ==
=== Adjective ===
divergent
divergent
Antonym: konvergent
==== Declension ====