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Dictionary: di·ver·gent   (dĭ-vûr'jənt, dī-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Drawing apart from a common point; diverging.
  2. Departing from convention.
  3. Differing from another: a divergent opinion.
  4. Mathematics. Failing to approach a limit; not convergent.
divergently di·ver'gent·ly adv.

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adj

Definition: differing
Antonyms: agreeing, convergent, similar


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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: diverging from another or from a standard
  Synonym: differing

Meaning #2: tending to move apart in different directions
  Synonym: diverging
  Antonym: convergent (meaning #1)


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - divergerende, divergent

Nederlands (Dutch)
uiteenlopend, strijdig, afwijkend

Français (French)
adj. - divergent

Deutsch (German)
adj. - abweichend, auseinanderstrebend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αποκλίνων, παρεκκλίνων

Italiano (Italian)
divergente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - divergente

Русский (Russian)
непохожий, имеющий отклонения

Español (Spanish)
adj. - divergente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - avvikande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
分歧的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 分歧的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 갈라지는, (의견 등이) 다른

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 分岐する, 互いに異なる, 分かれる, 異なる, 発散する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متشعب, متفرع, منحرف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מסתעף, שונה, סוטה‬


 
 
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