See Also: divergent(medicine)
divergent(dictionary)
Divergent strabismus(medicine)
divergent evolution(medicine)
divergent squint(medicine)

divergent (iou)



divergent adjective. L17.
[formed as DIVERGENCE + -ENT, perh. after French divergent.]
Diverging; of or pertaining to divergence; Math. (of an infinite series) not convergent. L17.
C. Darwin The Siamese have small noses, with divergent nostrils. H. Macmillan There seemed little likelihood of reconciling the divergent interests.
Psychology. Of thought: tending to produce a variety of unusual answers or responses; not habitually given to deductive reasoning. Cf. CONVERGENT 3. M20.
divergently adverb E19.