<B>diversifiable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be diversified; able to assume various forms. <BR> <I>Ex. Mr. Blunden always keeps close to the English tradition, which is still infinitely diversifiable (Robert Graves).</I> </DL>
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<B>diversification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of diversifying. <BR> <I>Ex. Earnings were not affected by the decline ... because of the firm's recent diversification into other lines (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being diversified. <BR> <I>Ex. The state has high diversification in climate and a luxuriance in plant growth (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
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<B>diversified, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> in various forms; varied; diverse. <BR> <I>Ex. diversified producers, diversified investments.</I> </DL>
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<B>diversified farming,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the growing of several different crops on a farm instead of depending on one, as cotton. </DL>
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<B>diversifier, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that diversifies. </DL>
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<B>diversiform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of various forms; differing in form. </DL>
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<B>diversify, </B>verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make diverse; give variety to; vary. <BR> <I>Ex. Mountains, plains, trees, and lakes diversify the landscape. The hillocks ... diversified the contour of the vale (Thomas Hardy). Sometimes the solemnity of the evening was diversified by a concert, an opera, or even a play (Lytton Strachey).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to spread or distribute (investments) among different companies or types of securities. <BR> <I>Ex. [An investment] club should attempt to diversify its holdings, for adequate diversification reduces investment risk (Helen J. McLane and Patricia Hutar).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to enlarge (a company or business) by making diverse products. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become diversified. <BR> <I>Ex. It is also diversifying into the lucrative stainless-steel market (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>diversion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of diverting; turning aside. <BR> <I>Ex. A magician's talk creates a diversion of attention so that people do not see how he does his tricks. High tariffs often cause a diversion of trade from one country to another.</I> (SYN) deviation. <DD><B> 2. </B>a relief from work or care; amusement; entertainment; pastime. <BR> <I>Ex. Watching television is a popular diversion. Golf is my father's favorite diversion.</I> (SYN) sport, recreation. <DD><B> 3. </B>an attack or feint intended to distract an opponent's attention from the point of main attack. (SYN) distraction. </DL>
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<B>diversionary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like a diversion or feint, especially in military tactics. <BR> <I>Ex. diversionary action.</I> </DL>
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<B>diversionary missile,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a missile that distracts an enemy so that the main missile attack may hit its targets. </DL>
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<B>diversionist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who diverges from the established principles and practices of his group, party, etc.; deviationist. <BR> <I>Ex. He pleaded guilty to political crimes and diversionist activity (London Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>diversity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the quality or condition of being diverse; complete difference; unlikeness. <BR> <I>Ex. The quiet student and the active athlete were close friends in spite of the diversity of their dispositions. ... the curious diversity of human ambitions (Lytton Strachey).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a point of unlikeness. <DD><B> 3. </B>variety. <BR> <I>Ex. The diversity of food on the table made it hard for him to choose.</I> </DL>
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<B>diversity factor,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Electricity.) the ratio of the sum of the maximum power demands of the subdivisions of any system or parts of a system to the maximum demand of the whole system or of the part of the system under consideration, measured at the point of supply. </DL>
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<B>diversly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in divers or various ways. </DL>
<B>divert, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to turn aside. <BR> <I>Ex. A ditch diverted water from the stream into the fields.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to amuse; entertain. <BR> <I>Ex. We were diverted by the clown's tricks. Listening to music diverted him after a hard day's work. I diverted myself with talking to my parrot (Daniel Defoe).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to distract. <BR> <I>Ex. A juggler or magician diverts attention from one hand by making feints with the other. The siren of the fire engine diverted the audience's attention from the play.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) to embezzle; steal. <BR> <I>Ex. The dishonest treasurer diverted funds from the club's treasury.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to turn aside from a course. <BR> <I>Ex. They ordered the pilot of the routine domestic flight to divert to North Korea (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
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<B>diverter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that diverts. <BR> <I>Ex. Angling was ... a rest to his mind ... a diverter of sadness (Izaak Walton).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=divertor.</B> </DL>
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<B>divertible, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be diverted. </DL>
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<B>diverticular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a diverticulum. </DL>
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<B>diverticulitis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inflammation of one or more diverticula, especially in the intestine. </DL>
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<B>diverticulosis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a condition in which several diverticula are present in the intestines. </DL>
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<B>diverticulum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-la.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy, Medicine.) an abnormal, blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity. </DL>
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<B>divertimento, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ti,</B> <B>-tos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Music.) an entertaining and light instrumental composition, usually in several movements. <BR> <I>Ex. Haydn ... is thought to have written ... well over two hundred divertimenti for chamber ensembles (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a diversion; divertissement. <BR> <I>Ex. The spy thrillers that have been awesomely climbing the bestseller polls ... are divertimenti, if you will, on the abrasive themes of retail and wholesale slaughter (Charles Poore).</I> </DL>
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<B>diverting, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that diverts; entertaining; amusing. adv. <B>divertingly.</B> </DL>
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<B>divertissement, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a diversion; amusement; entertainment. <DD><B> 2. </B>a short ballet performed between the acts of a play or between longer ballets. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Music.) a divertimento. </DL>
<B>divertor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a resistor connected in parallel with the winding of a machine to divert some of the current. </DL>
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<B>Dives, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the rich man in the parable of the rich man and the beggar (in the Bible, Luke 16:19-31). <DD><B> 2. </B>any rich man. </DL>
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<B>divest, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to rid or free; strip. <BR> <I>Ex. The sailor divested himself of his clothes and dived into the water. (Figurative.) The company divested itself of its holdings in the losing factory.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to force to give up; deprive. <BR> <I>Ex. A person in prison is divested of his right to vote.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Law.) to take away (property). </DL>
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<B>divestible, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be divested. </DL>
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<B>divestiture, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of divesting. <DD><B> 2. </B>the state or condition of being divested. </DL>
<B>divette, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a lesser diva, especially a singer of musical comedy or the like. </DL>
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<B>divi, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Informal.) dividend, especially a dividend paid to members of a local cooperative society. <BR> <I>Ex. The Rochdale Pioneers did make their idealism work and now we have the Cooperative Wholesale Society, though some think today's divi isn't really worth it (Sunday Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>dividable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be divided; divisible. </DL>
