DIVERGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of diverge in English

(Definition of diverge from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of diverge

diverge
Thus, the speeds and phases of the two streams will diverge.
In the case of an axially symmetric vortex, the newly formed dipoles diverge in arbitrary directions, whereas here it is predetermined by the initial configuration.
There are diverging results on age of onset of gender marking and on erroneous gender marking of indefinite and definite articles.
The two views also diverge somewhat with respect to neuroanatomy.
None of the simplified approaches gives a picture of plasma evolution that does not diverge over time from the real plasma macroscopic evolution.
When at rest the wings slightly diverge and are elevated at a considerable angle above the thorax and abdomen.
Thus, the picture that emerges from this analysis diverges from earlier research in many important ways.
Our ancestries are separated by at least a billion years, during which time our respective genetic determinants of ageing are likely to have diverged dramatically.
Comparable units (bridge : future, men : wolves) partially converge and partially diverge, exhibiting "fractional congruence" - by-degrees likeness-unlikeness between text-partials.
Definitions are drawn from existing theories when possible, but may diverge where alignment among theories is needed.
For chaotic systems, even states that are infinitesimally different in their initial specifications will, with some degree of rapidity, diverge in their future evolutions.
Facial suture with strongly diverging anterior branch, strongly curved toward axis when reaching anterior border.
Forms that diverge are devalued by the dominant ideologies.
One fears, then, that the direction of its meaning will diverge in future cases from the direction of the justifications.
Slight variations in resource procurement and / or paste preparation may be inferred to have caused them to diverge from the reference-group profiles.
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Translations of diverge

in Chinese (Traditional)
(道路)分叉, 出現差異, 發生分歧…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(道路)分叉, 出现差异, 发生分歧…
in Spanish
divergir, bifurcarse…
in Portuguese
divergir…
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(görüş, yol vb.) ayrılmak, uzaklaşmak…
diverger…
uiteenlopen, verschillen, afwijken…
rozbíhat se, rozcházet se…
forgrene sig, divergere, gå i hver sin retning…
bercabang, berbeda…
แยกจากกัน, แตกต่างกัน…
rẽ ra, khác nhau…
rozchodzić się, różnić się…
gå åt olika håll, dela sig, gå isär…
mencapah, membezakan…
sich trennen, auseinandergehen…
gå i hver sin retning, dele seg, avvike/fjerne seg (fra)…
розходитися, відхилятися…
расходиться, различаться…
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