diverging
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Definitions ofdiverging
- (of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
- (of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
Example: "Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through."
- (of a line or path) To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
Example: "The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north."
- (of an interest, opinion, or anything else) To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
Example: "The software is pretty good, except for a few cases where its behavior diverges from user expectations."
- (of a sequence, series, or function) Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.
- Divergence
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