divergent

異なる、相違する

互いに違う、または予想された考えや信念、結果と違うこと。

やさしい英語で： Different from each other or from an expected idea, belief, or result.

• They have divergent views on education.
• The witnesses gave sharply divergent accounts of the accident.
• Her conclusions were divergent from those of her colleagues.

使い方： divergent from something (His interpretation was divergent from the official account.)

類義語： differing, different, conflicting

よく使う表現： divergent views, divergent interests, divergent from something

分岐する、離れていく

動いたり伸びたりするにつれて、互いに遠ざかること。

やさしい英語で： Moving or growing farther away from each other.

• The two paths are divergent.
• The branches grew in divergent directions.
• These species developed along divergent evolutionary paths.

類義語： diverging, separating

反対語： convergent

よく使う表現： divergent paths, divergent lines, divergent directions

発散する

数列や級数で、項を増やしても一定の有限な値に近づかないこと。

やさしい英語で： Not approaching a fixed value as more numbers or terms are added or considered.

• This series is divergent.
• A divergent sequence does not approach a fixed limit.
• The calculation produced a divergent integral.

類義語： nonconvergent

反対語： convergent

よく使う表現： divergent series, divergent sequence, divergent integral

発散性の

光線が互いに離れて広がるようにすること。

やさしい英語で： Making rays of light spread apart.

• A divergent lens spreads light rays apart.
• We placed a divergent lens in front of the lamp.
• The divergent optical system produced a wider beam.

類義語： diverging

反対語： convergent

よく使う表現： divergent lens, divergent optical system