| diver | 1. One who, or that which, dives. "Divers and fishers for pearls." (Woodward) 2. One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. "A diver into causes." 3. <zoology> Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving. The northern diver (Urinator imber) is the loon; the black diver or velvet scoter (Oidemia fusca) is a sea duck. See Loon, and Scoter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| diver's palsy | A disorder characterised by joint pains, respiratory manifestations, skin lesions, and neurologic signs, occurring in aviators flying at high altitudes and following rapid reduction of air pressure in persons who have been breathing compressed air in caissons and diving apparatus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diver's paralysis | Lay term for decompression sickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| divergence | 1. A moving or spreading apart or in different directions. 2. The spreading of branches of the neuron to form synapses with several other neurons. Origin: L. Di-, apart, + vergo, to incline (05 Mar 2000) |
| divergence excess exotropia | Exotropia in which the strabismus is notably greater for far vision than for near vision. (05 Mar 2000) |
| divergence insufficiency | That condition in which an exophoria or exotropia is more marked for near vision than for far vision. (05 Mar 2000) |
| divergence insufficiency exotropia | Exotropia in which the strabismus is notably greater for near vision than for far vision. (05 Mar 2000) |
| divergent | Separated from one another, having tips further apart than the bases. (09 Oct 1997) |
| divergent evolution | The process by which a species or gene product gives rise to two or more different products. (05 Mar 2000) |
| divergent squint | <clinical sign> The outward or temporal deviation of an eye. (27 Sep 1997) |
| divergent strabismus | <clinical sign> The outward or temporal deviation of an eye. (27 Sep 1997) |
| diverging | Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent. <mathematics> Diverging series, a series whose terms are larger as the series is extended; a series the sum of whose terms does not approach a finite limit when the series is extended indefinitely; opposed to a converging series. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diverging meniscus | A convexoconcave lens in which the power of the concavity exceeds that of the convexity. Synonym: negative meniscus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| divers | 1. Different in kind or species; diverse. "Every sect of them hath a divers posture." (Bacon) "Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds." (Deut. Xxii. 9) 2. Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively or pronominally. "Divers of Antonio's creditors." (Shak) Divers is now limited to the plural; as, divers ways (not divers way). Besides plurality it ordinarily implies variety of kind. Origin: F. Divers, L. Diversus turned in different directions, different, p. P. Of divertere. See Divert, and cf. Diverse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| divers' spectacles | Strongly convex lenses for clear vision underwater. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hell-diver | <zoology> The dabchick. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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