diverge

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To run apart

   To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.

   • Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both / […]
2. 2

   To become different

   To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.

   • Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.
3. 3

   To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).

   • The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north.
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   1. 4

      To become different, to separate (from another line or path).

      • The software is pretty good, except for a few cases where its behavior diverges from user expectations.
   2. 5

      Not to converge

      Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.

      • The sequence x#95;n#61;n² diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound.
      • The sequence a#95;n#61;(-1)ⁿ diverges; it keeps oscillating between -1 and 1.
   3. 6

      A point where a lane branches off from the main flow.

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