divergev.

/dɪˈvəːdʒ/

/dʌɪˈvəːdʒ/

Etymology: < modern Latin dīvergĕre, < dī- , dis- prefix 1a + vergĕre to bend, turn, incline, verge v.² Compare French diverger, Spanish divergir, Portuguese divergir.

a. intransitive. To proceed in different directions from a point or from each other, as lines, rays of light, etc. The opposite of converge v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > diverge [verb (intransitive)]

to-liec893

ramify?1541

sever1545

fork1605

divaricate1623

diverge1665

bifurcate1828

split1856

trifurcate1887

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 69 The Rays..will after the refraction..diverge and spread.

1704 I. Newton Opticks i. i. 7 Homogeneal Rays..shall afterwards diverge from so many other Points, or be Parallel to so many other Lines, or converge to so many other Points.

1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 156 Ethelred's house, the center of six ways, Diverging each from each, like equal rays.

1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 232 The mountains here diverge, in a fan-like form.

1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) 148 The anticlinal line is that elevated central point from which the strata diverge.

b. transferred and figurative. To take different courses; to turn off from a track or course; to differ in opinion or character; to deviate from a typical form or normal state.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > change course or turn off > diverge from direct course

swervec1330

digress1552

stray1561

deviate1635

slant1702

diverge1856

excurse1891

1856 E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. Introd. 27 Brought up to the practice of medicine, he diverged to the profession of astrology.

1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §2. 264 We may diverge, either into the region of morals..or into the region of matter.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. iii. 31 I diverged from the track.

1867 J. Martineau Ess. II. 377 This is the point..at which Aristotle diverges from Plato.

c. Mathematics. Said of an infinite series the sum of which increases indefinitely as the number of terms is increased. Opposed to converge v. 1c.

ΚΠ

1796 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. (new ed.) II. 436 When the terms grow larger and larger, the Series is called a diverging one, because that by collecting the terms continually, the successive sums diverge, or go always farther and farther from the true value or radix of the Series.

2. transitive. To cause (lines or rays) to branch off in different directions; to make divergent, deflect.

ΚΠ

1748 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 45 187 The electrified Jet or Stream..is diverged into several divergent Rays.

1759 J. Dollond in Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 740 In general the crown glass seems to diverge the light rather the least.

c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 260/1 An electric current diverges a magnetic needle.

1879 H. Grubb in Proc. Royal Dubl. Soc. 184 The makers [of stereoscopes] have got so accustomed to diverging their eyes, that..they require little or no divergent power.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	diverge
释义	divergev. /dɪˈvəːdʒ//dʌɪˈvəːdʒ/ Etymology: < modern Latin dīvergĕre, < dī- , dis- prefix 1a + vergĕre to bend, turn, incline, verge v.² Compare French diverger, Spanish divergir, Portuguese divergir. 1. a. intransitive. To proceed in different directions from a point or from each other, as lines, rays of light, etc. The opposite of converge v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > diverge [verb (intransitive)] to-liec893 ramify?1541 sever1545 fork1605 divaricate1623 diverge1665 bifurcate1828 split1856 trifurcate1887 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 69 The Rays..will after the refraction..diverge and spread. 1704 I. Newton Opticks i. i. 7 Homogeneal Rays..shall afterwards diverge from so many other Points, or be Parallel to so many other Lines, or converge to so many other Points. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 156 Ethelred's house, the center of six ways, Diverging each from each, like equal rays. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 232 The mountains here diverge, in a fan-like form. 1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) 148 The anticlinal line is that elevated central point from which the strata diverge. b. transferred and figurative. To take different courses; to turn off from a track or course; to differ in opinion or character; to deviate from a typical form or normal state. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > change course or turn off > diverge from direct course swervec1330 digress1552 stray1561 deviate1635 slant1702 diverge1856 excurse1891 1856 E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. Introd. 27 Brought up to the practice of medicine, he diverged to the profession of astrology. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §2. 264 We may diverge, either into the region of morals..or into the region of matter. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. iii. 31 I diverged from the track. 1867 J. Martineau Ess. II. 377 This is the point..at which Aristotle diverges from Plato. c. Mathematics. Said of an infinite series the sum of which increases indefinitely as the number of terms is increased. Opposed to converge v. 1c. ΚΠ 1796 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. (new ed.) II. 436 When the terms grow larger and larger, the Series is called a diverging one, because that by collecting the terms continually, the successive sums diverge, or go always farther and farther from the true value or radix of the Series. 2. transitive. To cause (lines or rays) to branch off in different directions; to make divergent, deflect. ΚΠ 1748 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 45 187 The electrified Jet or Stream..is diverged into several divergent Rays. 1759 J. Dollond in Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 740 In general the crown glass seems to diverge the light rather the least. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 260/1 An electric current diverges a magnetic needle. 1879 H. Grubb in Proc. Royal Dubl. Soc. 184 The makers [of stereoscopes] have got so accustomed to diverging their eyes, that..they require little or no divergent power. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < v.1665
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