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Adjective: divergent  di'vur-junt or dI'vur-junt
  1. Tending to move apart in different directions
    "The paths were divergent, leading to opposite sides of the forest";
    - diverging
     
  2. Diverging from another or from a standard
    "a divergent opinion"

See also: branching, different, oblique, radiating

Antonym: convergent

Encyclopedia: Divergent