different between divergent vs hybrid

English

Etymology

From Latin dis- (“apart”) + vergere (“to turn”) + the adjectival suffix -ent.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /da??v??d??nt/, /d??v??d??nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??v?d??nt/

Adjective

divergent (comparative more divergent, superlative most divergent)

1. Growing further apart; diverging.
   • 1995, Paul Kussmaul, Training The Translator, John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 47:

     Divergent thinking and transformations are, of course, no novel phenomena. They have always occurred in the translation process, but perhaps we have not been fully aware of them, or have not been able to categorise them with sufficient precision until now.

2. (mathematics) Of a series, not converging; not approaching a limit.
3. Disagreeing from something given; differing.

   a divergent statement

4. Causing divergence of rays.

   a divergent lens

Related terms

• diverge
• converge

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• ridge vent

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin d?verg?ns.

Adjective

divergent (masculine and feminine plural divergents)

1. divergent

Related terms

• divergir

Further reading

• “divergent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “divergent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “divergent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “divergent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology 1

From Latin d?verg?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.v??.???/

Adjective

divergent (feminine singular divergente, masculine plural divergents, feminine plural divergentes)

1. divergent

Related terms

• diverger

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.v???/

Verb

divergent

1. third-person plural present indicative of diverger
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of diverger

Further reading

• “divergent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

From Latin divergens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?div?????nt]
• Hyphenation: di?ver?gent

Adjective

divergent (comparative divergenter, superlative am divergentesten)

1. divergent

Declension

Further reading

• “divergent” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

d?vergent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of d?verge?

Romanian

Etymology

From French divergent

Adjective

divergent m or n (feminine singular divergent?, masculine plural divergen?i, feminine and neuter plural divergente)

1. divergent

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

divergent

1. divergent

   Antonym: konvergent

Declension

English

Etymology

Known in English since 1601, but rare before c.1850. From Latin hybrida, a variant of hibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?'br?d, IPA^(key): /?ha?.b??d/

Noun

hybrid (plural hybrids)

1. (biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
2. Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
   1. (linguistics) A word whose elements are derived from different languages.
   2. A hybrid vehicle (especially a car), one that runs on both fuel (gasoline/diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
   3. (cycling) A bicycle that is a compromise between a road bike and a mountain bike.
   4. (golf) A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.
   5. An electronic circuit constructed of individual devices bonded to a substrate or PCB.
   6. A computer that is part analog computer and part digital computer.

Synonyms

• (biology): bastard, crossbred/crossbreed/cross-breed, mixling

Translations

Adjective

hybrid (comparative more hybrid, superlative most hybrid)

1. Consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components.

Translations

Related terms

See also

• transgenic
• cultivar

References

• hybrid, page 216, chapter: A Miscegenation Vocabulary in Interracialism, Terms from the Oxford English Dictionary, book: Black White Intermarriage in American History, Literature and Law, Edited by Werner Sollor, Oxford University Press, 2000 [1]
• hybrid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• hybrid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• hybrid at OneLook Dictionary Search

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin hibrida

Noun

hybrid m (definite singular hybriden, indefinite plural hybrider, definite plural hybridene)

1. a hybrid

References

• “hybrid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin hibrida

Noun

hybrid m (definite singular hybriden, indefinite plural hybridar, definite plural hybridane)

1. a hybrid

References

• “hybrid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.