Currently spreading apart or branching into two; the present participle form describing the ongoing action of diverging.
Present participle of 'divaricate', from Latin 'divaricare'.
In real-time nature photography, you can capture branches 'divaricating'—and interestingly, the angles at which they split often follow mathematical ratios that optimize light absorption.
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