divergingadj.

Etymology: < diverge v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈverging.

1. Proceeding in different directions from a common point, so as to become more and more widely separate; turning off from the straight course.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > [adjective]

forked1525

disjoining1530

divaricated1666

divergent1696

diverging1706

trifurcated1727

divaricate1788

trifurcate1811

divaricating1835

forking1850

bifurcated1853

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Divergent or Diverging Rays..are those Rays which..continually depart one from another.

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 35 These are straight or curved, parallel or diverging, or stellated.

1804 Windham Diary in W. Rye Cromer (1889) 75 A diverging ball struck their Capt. Tremlett..on the foot.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 387 Thus, after wandering in many diverging paths, we return to common sense.

figurative.1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 11 Uterine brothers with this diverging destination.1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xviii. 406 Two diverging epochs.

2. Mathematics. = divergent adj. 4.

ΚΠ

1795 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. II. 439/1 Diverging Series, is one whose terms continually increase, or that has the successive sums of its terms diverging, or going off always the farther, from the sum or value of the Series.

1807 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) II. 300 The series produced may be a converging one, rather than diverging.

Derivatives

diˈvergingly adv. in a diverging manner; with divergence; divergently.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > [adverb]

divergingly1794

divergently1815

divaricately1846

divaricatingly1870

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 159 Fracture, parallel, or divergingly.

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 308 Of a divergingly striated texture.

1828 Chem. in Ann. Reg. 529/1 Rays which issue divergingly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	diverging
释义	divergingadj. Etymology: < diverge v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈverging. 1. Proceeding in different directions from a common point, so as to become more and more widely separate; turning off from the straight course. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > [adjective] forked1525 disjoining1530 divaricated1666 divergent1696 diverging1706 trifurcated1727 divaricate1788 trifurcate1811 divaricating1835 forking1850 bifurcated1853 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Divergent or Diverging Rays..are those Rays which..continually depart one from another. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 35 These are straight or curved, parallel or diverging, or stellated. 1804 Windham Diary in W. Rye Cromer (1889) 75 A diverging ball struck their Capt. Tremlett..on the foot. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 387 Thus, after wandering in many diverging paths, we return to common sense. figurative.1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 11 Uterine brothers with this diverging destination.1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xviii. 406 Two diverging epochs. 2. Mathematics. = divergent adj. 4. ΚΠ 1795 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. II. 439/1 Diverging Series, is one whose terms continually increase, or that has the successive sums of its terms diverging, or going off always the farther, from the sum or value of the Series. 1807 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) II. 300 The series produced may be a converging one, rather than diverging. Derivatives diˈvergingly adv. in a diverging manner; with divergence; divergently. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > [adverb] divergingly1794 divergently1815 divaricately1846 divaricatingly1870 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 159 Fracture, parallel, or divergingly. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 308 Of a divergingly striated texture. 1828 Chem. in Ann. Reg. 529/1 Rays which issue divergingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1706
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