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diverge [v]

1)	move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here"

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move divergence converge branch

2)	have no limits as a mathematical series

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be math divergence converge converge

3)	extend in a different direction; "The lines start to diverge here"; "Their interests diverged"

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divergence converge divaricate bifurcate

4)	be at variance with; be out of line with

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depart deviate vary

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differ departure variation mutant variance discrepancy degenerate deviation deviation deviance conform aberrate aberrate belie

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

If a series of approximations to some value get progressively further from it then the series is said to diverge.

The reduction of some term under some evaluation strategy diverges if it does not reach a normal form after a finite number of reductions.

(1994-12-08)

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