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De - Pt| English Dictionary: diverging | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for diverging | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Diverging \Di*ver"ging\, a. Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent. {Diverging series} (Math.), a series whose terms are larger as the series is extended; a series the sum of whose terms does not approach a finite limit when the series is extended indefinitely; -- opposed to a {converging series}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Diverge \Di*verge"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Diverged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diverging}.] [L. di- = dis- + vergere to bend, incline. See {Verge}.] 1. To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to {converge}; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun. 2. To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken. | |
