divergence

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By surface analysis, diverge +‎ -ence.

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

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒəns

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divergence (operator)

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divergence (countable and uncountable, plural divergences)

2. The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.

   Synonym: divergency

   Antonyms: convergence, convergency

   Hyponyms: neurodivergence, neurodivergency, stereodivergency

   An angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.

4. (calculus) The operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... F_n) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function ${\displaystyle \sum _{i=1}^{n}{\frac {\partial F_{i}}{\partial x_{i}}}}$.

   Synonyms: div, ∇⋅

   Coordinate terms: curl, gradient, compressible, solenoidal

6. (obsolete) Disagreement; difference.
   • 1852, George Cornewall Lewis, Treatise on the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Politics:

     divergence of thought

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

   Coordinate term: genetic drift

• diverge
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divergence f

1. divergence

   Antonym: konvergence

• “divergence”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “divergence”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 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 , 2012.