| diverticulum |
blind pouch (a pocket or closed branch)
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| divergence |
The process by which two lithospheric plates separated by rifting move farther apart, with soft mantle rock rising between them and forming new oceanic lithosphere. See also convergence.
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| divergence |
The expansion or spreading out of a vector field; usually said of horizontal winds. It is the opposite of convergence. Divergence at upper levels of the atmosphere enhances upward motion, and hence the potential for thunderstorm development (if other factors also are favorable).
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| divide |
In hydrologic terms, the high ground that forms the boundary of a watershed. A divide is also called a ridge.
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| diversion |
In hydrologic terms, the taking of water from a stream or other body of water into a canal, pipe, or other conduit.
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