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diverging

Pronunciation:  dIv'urjing

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 Definition: [adj]  tending to move apart in different directions
 
 Synonyms: branching, divergent, radiating(a)
 
 Antonyms: convergent
 
 See Also: oblique

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Di*ver"ging\, a.
Tending in different directions from a common center;
spreading apart; divergent.

{Diverging series} (Math.), a series whose terms are larger
   as the series is extended; a series the sum of whose terms
   does not approach a finite limit when the series is
   extended indefinitely; -- opposed to a {converging
   series}.

 

 

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