divergence
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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 number
- (obsolete) disagreement; difference
- 1852, George Cornewall Lewis, Treatise on the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Politics
- divergence of thought
- 1852, George Cornewall Lewis, Treatise on the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Politics
- The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.
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- (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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- OED2
Czech[edit]
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divergence f
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- 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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divergence f (plural divergences)
Further reading[edit]
- “divergence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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