Definition of "divergent" []

• Drawing apart from a common point; diverging. (adjective)
• Departing from convention. (adjective)
• Differing from another: a divergent opinion. (adjective)
• Mathematics Failing to approach a limit; not convergent. (adjective)

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• "It is quite remarkable, but not nearly so remarkable as the dialect spoken in Yorkshire or Cornwall, nor is it as divergent from the English language as those dialects are over others to be found in the British Isles."
• "On the contrary, the evolutionary explanation for biological diversification is genetic divergence following allopatry in divergent ecosystems."
• "They†™ re getting progressively more and more divergent from the Earth I left as I keep jumping."