divergence

English

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

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 number $\sum _{i=1}^{n}{\frac {\partial F_{i}}{\partial x_{i}}}$
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.

Synonyms

• (mathematical operator): div, ∇·

Antonyms

• convergence

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

• divergenceless
• nondivergence
• overdivergence
• underdivergence

Related terms

• diverge
• divergent

Translations

the degree of divergence

• Armenian: տարամիտում (hy) (taramitum)
• Bulgarian: отклоне́ние (bg) n (otklonénie)
• Catalan: divergència (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 差異 (zh), 差异 (zh) (chāyì)

• Czech: divergence f, rozbíhavost f, rozbíhání n
• Finnish: eroavuus (fi)
• French: divergence (fr) f
• German: Abweichung (de) f

• Irish: eisréimneacht f
• Japanese: 発散 (はっさん, hassan)
• Maori: tangongitanga
• Polish: rozbieżność (pl) f, odchylenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: divergência (pt) f
• Romanian: divergență (ro) f
• Russian: расхожде́ние (ru) n (rasxoždénije), отклоне́ние (ru) n (otklonénije), несоотве́тствие (ru) n (nesootvétstvije)
• Swedish: divergens (sv) c

mathematical operator

• Armenian: դիվերգենցիա (hy) (divergencʿia)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 散度 (zh) (sàndù)

• Czech: divergence f
• Dutch: divergentie (nl) f
• Finnish: divergenssi (fi)
• French: divergence (fr) f

• German: Divergenz (de) f
• Japanese: 発散 (はっさん, hassan)
• Polish: dywergencja (pl) f
• Portuguese: divergência (pt) f
• Romanian: divergență (ro) f
• Russian: диверге́нция (ru) f (divergéncija)
• Swedish: divergens (sv) c

References

• OED2

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪvɛrɡɛnt͡sɛ]

Noun

divergence f

1. divergence

Antonyms

• konvergence

Related terms

• divergovat
• divergentní

Further reading

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

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French

Etymology

From Latin divergentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s/

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Noun

divergence f (plural divergences)

1. divergence

Further reading

• “divergence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).