Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.

    An angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.

    Abweichung

    расхожде́ниеrasxoždénije, отклоне́ниеotklonénije, несоотве́тствиеnesootvétstvije

  2. (countable, uncountable)The operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... Fₙ) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ(∂F_i)/(∂x_i).

    Divergenz

    диверге́нцияdivergéncija

  3. (countable, uncountable)The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.

  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Disagreement; difference.

More definitions
  • the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
  • an infinite series that has no limit
  • a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
  • a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
the degree of divergence:
mathematical operator:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the degree of divergence:
mathematical operator:

Origin

By surface analysis, diverge + -ence.

By surface analysis, diverge + -ence.

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Forms

plural: divergences
Singulardivergence
Pluraldivergences

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
divergencymul:divmul:∇⋅
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
convergenceconvergency

Word family

14 related words

See also

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