divergent
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /daɪˈvɜːdʒənt/, /dɪˈvɜːdʒənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈvɝdʒənt/
Adjective
divergent (comparative more divergent, superlative most divergent)
- Growing further apart; diverging.
- 1995, Paul Kussmaul, Training The Translator, John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 47:
- Divergent thinking and transformations are, of course, no novel phenomena. They have always occurred in the translation process, but perhaps we have not been fully aware of them, or have not been able to categorise them with sufficient precision until now.
- 1995, Paul Kussmaul, Training The Translator, John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 47:
- (mathematics) Of a series, not converging; not approaching a limit.
- Disagreeing from something given; differing.
- a divergent statement
- Causing divergence of rays.
- a divergent lens
Derived terms
Translations
growing further apart; diverging
|
of a series, not converging
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.vɛʁʒ/
Verb
divergent
Adjective
divergent (feminine singular divergente, masculine plural divergents, feminine plural divergentes)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˌdivɛʁˈɡɛnt]
- Hyphenation: di‧ver‧gent
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Declension
Positive forms of divergent
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist divergent | sie ist divergent | es ist divergent | sie sind divergent | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | divergenter | divergente | divergentes | divergente |
genitive | divergenten | divergenter | divergenten | divergenter | |
dative | divergentem | divergenter | divergentem | divergenten | |
accusative | divergenten | divergente | divergentes | divergente | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der divergente | die divergente | das divergente | die divergenten |
genitive | des divergenten | der divergenten | des divergenten | der divergenten | |
dative | dem divergenten | der divergenten | dem divergenten | den divergenten | |
accusative | den divergenten | die divergente | das divergente | die divergenten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein divergenter | eine divergente | ein divergentes | (keine) divergenten |
genitive | eines divergenten | einer divergenten | eines divergenten | (keiner) divergenten | |
dative | einem divergenten | einer divergenten | einem divergenten | (keinen) divergenten | |
accusative | einen divergenten | eine divergente | ein divergentes | (keine) divergenten |
Comparative forms of divergent
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist divergenter | sie ist divergenter | es ist divergenter | sie sind divergenter | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | divergenterer | divergentere | divergenteres | divergentere |
genitive | divergenteren | divergenterer | divergenteren | divergenterer | |
dative | divergenterem | divergenterer | divergenterem | divergenteren | |
accusative | divergenteren | divergentere | divergenteres | divergentere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der divergentere | die divergentere | das divergentere | die divergenteren |
genitive | des divergenteren | der divergenteren | des divergenteren | der divergenteren | |
dative | dem divergenteren | der divergenteren | dem divergenteren | den divergenteren | |
accusative | den divergenteren | die divergentere | das divergentere | die divergenteren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein divergenterer | eine divergentere | ein divergenteres | (keine) divergenteren |
genitive | eines divergenteren | einer divergenteren | eines divergenteren | (keiner) divergenteren | |
dative | einem divergenteren | einer divergenteren | einem divergenteren | (keinen) divergenteren | |
accusative | einen divergenteren | eine divergentere | ein divergenteres | (keine) divergenteren |
Superlative forms of divergent
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am divergentesten | sie ist am divergentesten | es ist am divergentesten | sie sind am divergentesten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | divergentester | divergenteste | divergentestes | divergenteste |
genitive | divergentesten | divergentester | divergentesten | divergentester | |
dative | divergentestem | divergentester | divergentestem | divergentesten | |
accusative | divergentesten | divergenteste | divergentestes | divergenteste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der divergenteste | die divergenteste | das divergenteste | die divergentesten |
genitive | des divergentesten | der divergentesten | des divergentesten | der divergentesten | |
dative | dem divergentesten | der divergentesten | dem divergentesten | den divergentesten | |
accusative | den divergentesten | die divergenteste | das divergenteste | die divergentesten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein divergentester | eine divergenteste | ein divergentestes | (keine) divergentesten |
genitive | eines divergentesten | einer divergentesten | eines divergentesten | (keiner) divergentesten | |
dative | einem divergentesten | einer divergentesten | einem divergentesten | (keinen) divergentesten | |
accusative | einen divergentesten | eine divergenteste | ein divergentestes | (keine) divergentesten |
Latin
Swedish
Declension
Inflection of divergent | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | divergent | — | — |
Neuter singular | divergent | — | — |
Plural | divergenta | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | divergente | — | — |
All | divergenta | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. |
Antonyms
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