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divergent (adjective), more divergent, most divergent
1. Descriptive of going in different directions from each other or from a common point: Even though the families went in two different cars from divergent directions, they both arrived at the cottage where they would be living together and go skiing.

While driving on the roundabout on the highway, Pete noticed two divergent roads leading to the same city.

2. Relating to proceeding in dissimilar routes, lines of action, or types of thinking: The professor was known for her divergent thinking about solving the math equation.
3. A reference to thinking or reasoning that results in a wide variety of possible answers to a problem: The symposium encouraged divergent thinking from the students as they searched for answers to the challenges of creating a better environment on campus.
A reference to going in separate or opposite directions.
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divergent, more divergent, most divergent
Characteristic of going in different directions from each other or from a common point; deviating from each other or from a standard or normal course of action. (1)
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