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Divaricate :: Divaricate (v. i.) To diverge; to be divaricate.

Diverged :: Diverged (imp. & p. p.) of Diverg.

Deviate :: Deviate (v. i.) To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.

Homogeny :: Homogeny (n.) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in both are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently since the divergence

Divarication :: Divarication (n.) A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers at different angles..

Divergement :: Divergement (n.) Divergence.

Devergency :: Devergency (n.) See Divergence.

Obliquity :: Obliquity (n.) The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator..

Alternate :: Alternate (a.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence..

Sasin :: Sasin (n.) The Indian antelope (Antilope bezoartica, / cervicapra), noted for its beauty and swiftness. It has long, spiral, divergent horns..

Decomposed :: Decomposed (a.) Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.

Diverging :: Diverging (a.) Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent.

Tetel :: Tetel (n.) A large African antelope (Alcelaphus tora). It has widely divergent, strongly ringed horns..

Divergent :: Divergent (a.) Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens..

Rhipidoglossa :: Rhipidoglossa (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix..

Axil :: Axil (n.) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs..

Divergency :: Divergency (n.) Disagreement; difference.

Divergent :: Divergent (a.) Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement..

Diverge :: Diverge (v. i.) To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.

Divergent :: Divergent (a.) Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent..

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