divergence

§English

Wikipedia

§Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)dʒəns/

§Noun

Wikipedia

divergence (plural divergences)

1. The degree to which two or more things diverge.

   an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines

2. (mathematics) 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
   • Sir G. C. Lewis

     Related with some divergence by other writers.

§Synonyms

• (mathematical operator):
  • div
  • ∇·

§Antonyms

• convergence

§Related terms

• diverge
• divergent

§Translations

the degree of divergence

• Armenian: տարամիտում (taramitum)
• Bulgarian: отклонение (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
• French: divergence (fr) f
• German: Abweichung (de) f

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

mathematical operator

• Armenian: դիվերգենցիա (divergencʿia)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 散度 (zh) (sàndù)

• Czech: divergence f
• Dutch: divergentie f
• Finnish: divergenssi
• 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: дивергенция (ru) f (divergéncija)
• Swedish: divergens (sv) c

§References

• OED2

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§French

§Etymology

From Latin divergentia.

§Pronunciation

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§Noun

divergence f (plural divergences)

1. divergence

§External links

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