divergence
English edit
Etymology edit
Morphologically diverge + -ence.
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Noun edit
divergence (countable and uncountable, plural divergences)
- The degree to which two or more things diverge.
- An angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.
- (calculus) the operator which maps a function F=(F1, ... Fn) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function
- (obsolete) disagreement; difference
- 1852, George Cornewall Lewis, Treatise on the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Politics:
- divergence of thought
- The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.
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Coordinate terms edit
- (mathematical operator): curl, gradient, compressible, solenoidal
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Translations edit
the degree of divergence
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mathematical operator
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References edit
- OED2
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
divergence f
- divergence
- Antonym: konvergence
Declension edit
Declension of divergence (soft feminine)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | divergence | divergence |
genitive | divergence | divergencí |
dative | divergenci | divergencím |
accusative | divergenci | divergence |
vocative | divergence | divergence |
locative | divergenci | divergencích |
instrumental | divergencí | divergencemi |
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Further reading edit
- divergence in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- divergence in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin divergentia.
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Noun edit
divergence f (plural divergences)
Further reading edit
- “divergence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.