Meaning & use
Diverges
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Moves or develops in a different direction from something else, or fails to approach a fixed value (used especially of a mathematical series).
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At this point, the trail diverges into two separate routes.
The harmonic series diverges even though its individual terms shrink toward zero.
A note on using this word
Third-person singular present tense of 'diverge'; a key term in calculus for describing a sequence or series that does not settle on a finite limit.
Words with a similar meaning
branchesdeviates
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Words with an opposite meaning
converges
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