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Webster 1828 Edition

Divergence

DIVERGENCE

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Noun.

A receding from each other; a going farther apart; as the divergence of lines, or the angle of divergence.

Definition 2024

divergence

divergence

English

Noun

divergence ‎(plural divergences)

The degree to which two or more things diverge.
an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines
(mathematics) the operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... F_n) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the number $\sum _{i=1}^{n}{\frac {\partial F_{i}}{\partial x_{i}}}$
(obsolete) disagreement; difference
- Sir G. C. Lewis
  Related with some divergence by other writers.
The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.

Synonyms

(mathematical operator):
- div
- ∇·

Antonyms

convergence

Related terms

Translations

the degree of divergence

Armenian: տարամիտում (hy) ‎(taramitum)
Bulgarian: отклонение (bg) n ‎(otklonénie)
Catalan: divergència (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 差異 (zh), 差异 (zh) ‎(chāyì)
Czech: divergence f, rozbíhavost f, rozbíhání n
Finnish: eroavuus
French: divergence (fr) f
German: Abweichung (de) f

Irish: eisréimneacht f
Japanese: 発散 ‎(はっさん, hassan)
Maori: tangongitanga
Polish: rozbieżność (pl) f, odchylenie (pl) n
Portuguese: divergência (pt) f
Romanian: divergență (ro) f
Russian: расхожде́ние (ru) n ‎(rasxoždénije), отклоне́ние (ru) n ‎(otklonénije), несоотве́тствие (ru) n ‎(nesootvétstvije)
Swedish: divergens (sv) c

mathematical operator

Armenian: դիվերգենցիա ‎(divergencʿia)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 散度 (zh) ‎(sàndù)
Czech: divergence f
Dutch: divergentie (nl) f
Finnish: divergenssi
French: divergence (fr) f

German: Divergenz (de) f
Japanese: 発散 ‎(はっさん, hassan)
Polish: dywergencja (pl) f
Portuguese: divergência (pt) f
Romanian: divergență (ro) f
Russian: диверге́нция (ru) f ‎(divergéncija)
Swedish: divergens (sv) c

References

OED2

French

Etymology

From Latin divergentia.

Pronunciation

Noun

divergence f ‎(plural divergences)

divergence