divergence
English
editEtymology
editMorphologically diverge + -ence.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/, /dɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒəns
Noun
editdivergence (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.
Synonyms
editAntonyms
editCoordinate terms
edit- (mathematical operator): curl, gradient, compressible, solenoidal
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editthe degree of divergence
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mathematical operator
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References
edit- OED2
Czech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdivergence f
- divergence
- Antonym: konvergence
Declension
editDeclension 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 |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “divergence”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “divergence”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
French
editEtymology
editFrom Latin divergentia.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdivergence f (plural divergences)
Further reading
edit- “divergence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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