divergence

English

Pronunciation

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

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. (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.

4. The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.

Synonyms

• (mathematical operator):
  • div
  • ∇·

Antonyms

• convergence

Related terms

• diverge
• divergent

Translations

the degree of divergence

• Armenian: տարամիտում (hy) (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

• 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 (divergencʿia)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 散度 (zh) (sàndù)

• Czech: divergence f
• Dutch: divergentie (nl) 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: диверге́нция (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

Further reading

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