(v. i.) To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.
(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).
(2) The primary afferent fibers diverge in the brainstem into a short ascending and a long descending tract.
(3) Sires of the cows had been divergently selected on yearling weight (YW) and total maternal (MAT) EPD to form four groups: high YW, high MAT EPD; high YW, low MAT EPD; low YW, high MAT EPD; and low YW, low MAT EPD.
(4) The region is distinctive in that the sequence is absent from the homologous domain of the erythroid alpha chain and diverges from the normal internal repeat structure observed throughout other spectrins.
(5) Eye movements of convergence and divergence were recorded by a limbus tracker.
(6) The process of vectorial repeat addition continued in two platyrrhine sublineages after their divergence from each other.
(7) In this paper, we have characterized new and divergent EF-C binding sites in several viral regulatory regions.
(8) We propose that BGP I diverged from NCA by acquiring an immunoglobulin-like domain substantially different from the domains found in NCA or CEA and also a new cytoplasmic domain.
(9) We present a comparison of the Canadian and American data on expenditures, identifying the sectors in which the experience of the two nations diverges most, and describing the processes of control.
(10) Cognate sites in genomes that diverged approximately 100 million years ago can be detected by PCR assays based on primer pairs from unique sequences.
(11) The sequences in the 5'-flanking region of the alpha- and beta-MYHC-encoding genes diverge extensively from one another, suggesting that expression of the alpha- and beta-MYHC genes is independently regulated.
(12) This article examines the history of Dr. Crozat and his appliance, discusses the development and divergence in its use, and demonstrates this divergence with a few selected, documented case reports.
(13) Species of the genera Saccharomyces, Schizosaccharomyces, Debaryomyces and Schwanniomyces were compared from their extent of divergence in three regions from small (18S) and large (25S) subunit ribosomal RNAs comprising a total of 900 nucleotides.
(14) In order to obtain probes for the analysis of RPE development from its earliest divergence from the neural retina to late stages of differentiation, we have developed a panel of monoclonal antibodies which recognize antigens specific to the RPE.
(15) The 18S data provide the principal signal that supports the more basal divergences, but the data do not unambiguously address relationships among taxa in the clade that includes most colonial flagellates and Chlamydomonas taxa representative of the Euchlamydomonas group (sensu Ettl).
(16) The developed apparatus included ultrasonic generators operating at a frequency of 0.5-3 MHz, piezoceramic radiators of various design providing the heating of an object with convergent, divergent and plane ultrasonic waves, thermoprobes in the form of single or multiple thermocouples with the bends from 5 points at a 5 mm distance from one another, temperature meters and various auxiliaries.
(17) The C. elegans core histone genes are organized as divergently transcribed pairs of H3-H4 and H2A-H2B and contain 5' conserved sequence elements in the shared spacer regions.
(18) The sequence data of the 3' terminus of the alpha-3 genomic clone suggests that it encodes for a divergent alpha-tubulin, and it most probably corresponds to the testis-specific gene.
(19) We have systematically analyzed the promoter-regulatory elements of the human and bovine alpha-subunit genes to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying their divergent patterns of tissue-specific expression.
(20) These results support a hypothesis which proposes that ancestral SIN virus diverged into two distinct groups.
Veer
Definition:
(v. i.) To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north.
(v. t.) To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel.
Example Sentences:
(1) Historically, women have been slightly more Conservative than men, while men have tended to veer more towards Labour.
(2) Veering between a patronising video , a vague report and impenetrable financial data does not amount to openness and accountability.
(3) It is impossible to trick your mind into veering away from the enormity of what happened in this tiny country in the centre of Africa.
(4) Hilda Matheson, the first BBC director of talks in the 1920s, veered culturally towards modernism: she broadcast James Joyce reading from work-in-progress – not at all to the taste of Reith.
(5) Spending time with Fred Miller, 93, and his fiancee Joan Emms, 84, veers close to chaperoning lovestruck teens.
(6) Donald Trump has reportedly yelled down the telephone at Australia’s prime minister and veered off into rants about China and Nato with French leader François Hollande.
(7) John Terry’s opener had been thumped in early, Cesc Fàbregas’s corner veering into the penalty area for the centre-half to rise too easily above Rickie Lambert and plant a header down and beyond Simon Mignolet and Steven Gerrard on the goal-line.
(8) But Cameron veered from Libya to adoption, from apprenticeships to gay marriage, and on the economy, from optimism to pessimism.
(9) Most of the consultative medical reports, insurance carriers' and claimants', veered on the adversarial and favored the respective interested party.
(10) Yet, when the occasion was drifting and demanded a more proactive approach, Hodgson had delayed, contemplated and eventually veered towards caution.
(11) The Scotland secretary veered away from this politically explosive option in his Commons statement.
(12) The car continued to travel after passing under the truck’s trailer, veered off the road, and then crashed through two fences and into a power pole, the local police report said.
(13) Biden’s much-anticipated appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert veered almost immediately into raw and personal territory.
(14) Copé, 48, has portrayed himself as Sarkozy's natural successor, and veered to the right, picking up populist themes including "anti-white racism".
(15) He died an accidental death by drowning at age 34 when his wheelchair veered suddenly into a pond eight feet deep.
(16) Johnson is the master-builder of that image, deflecting every lie, every gaffe, dishonesty and U-turn with some self-deprecating metaphor: calling his feigned indecision “veering all over the place like a shopping trolley” was worth a world of worthy platitudes.
(17) We stand ready to assist.” The UN said there were unconfirmed reports of 44 deaths in Vanuatu’s north-eastern islands after Pam veered from its expected track.
(18) But squad car video released last week showed that McDonald veered away from officers as he walked quickly down a four-lane road before he was shot 16 times in October 2014.
(19) The car glides through rolling hills; the camera shows the expression on the boy's face turning from delight to terror; the vehicle veers haphazardly to the side of the road and Théophile is seen leaping out, running to the nearest house for help.
(20) The government is veering towards chaotic process and open insurrection, with angry confusion and divisions in the cabinet and the leadership group about strategy and direction.