Crossword clues for diverged
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diverge \Di*verge"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Diverged; p. pr. & vb. n. Diverging.] [L. di- = dis- + vergere to bend, incline. See Verge.]
To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.
To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: diverge)
Usage examples of "diverged".
Before the cotyledons are fully expanded and have diverged, the hypocotyl generally straightens itself by increased growth along the concave side, thus reversing the process which caused the arching.
During these five days the leaf diverged, and its apex descended at first in an almost straight line.
A filament was fixed transversely to the apex of a leaf, one inch in length, and which had already diverged considerably from its originally upright position.
Some young leaves of about the same age on a plant of this Petunia, which had been laid horizontally, and on another plant which was left upright, both being kept in complete darkness, diverged in the same manner for 48 h.
The flower under observation at first diverged a little from its upright position, so as to occupy the open space caused by the removal of the adjoining flowers.
On the following morning, [page 302] the petioles diverged before it was light.
For instance, two opposite leaflets which diverged from one another during the day at an angle of 104o, diverted at night only 72o.
After they have diverged to their full extent, they retain nearly the same position, though brightly illuminated all day long from above, with their lower surfaces close to the ground and thus much shaded.
They diverged to different parts of an ancestor's chromosomes, and we have each inherited them on our different chromosomes.
It is simply that, as a matter of fact, species obviously have diverged from one another in evolution, and at first sight the fact of interbreeding makes it hard for us to see how this divergence came about.
After a longer time, they will have diverged so far that we should classify them as different species.
When they meet the descendants of their long-lost cousins, it turns out that they have diverged so far in their genetic makeup that they can no longer successfully interbreed with them.
Modern English is a hybrid between Germanic and Romance languages that had diverged much earlier, and English would therefore not fit neatly in any hierarchical nesting diagram.
Our ancestors diverged "only" about seven million years ago from the ancestors of chimpanzees and bonobos, nine million years ago from the ancestors of gorillas, and fourteen million years ago from the ancestors of orangutans.
Within that relatively short period during which our ancestors and the ancestors of our great ape relatives have been evolving separately, we have diverged in only a few significant respects and to a modest degree, even though some of those modest differences— especially our upright posture and larger brains—have had enormous consequences for our behavioral differences.