divergence

Morphologically diverge +‎ -ence.

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/, /dɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/

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divergence (countable and uncountable, plural divergences)

1. The degree to which two or more things diverge.

   An angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.

2. (calculus) the operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... F_n) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function ${\displaystyle \sum _{i=1}^{n}{\frac {\partial F_{i}}{\partial x_{i}}}}$
3. (obsolete) disagreement; difference
   • 1852, George Cornewall Lewis, Treatise on the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Politics:

     divergence of thought

4. The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.

• (mathematical operator): div, ∇·

• convergence

• (mathematical operator): curl, gradient, compressible, solenoidal

• diverge
• divergent

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• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪvɛrɡɛnt͡sɛ]

divergence f

1. divergence

   Antonym: konvergence

• divergence in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• divergence in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From Latin divergentia.

• IPA^(key): /di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s/

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divergence f (plural divergences)

1. divergence

• “divergence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.