divergence

English

Etymology

Morphologically diverge +‎ -ence.

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (Southern England)

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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 function $\sum _{i=1}^{n}{\frac {\partial F_{i}}{\partial x_{i}}}$
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
• point of divergence
• 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／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 (ja) (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 (ja) (はっさん, hassan)
• Polish: dywergencja (pl) f
• Portuguese: divergência (pt) f, divergente (pt) m
• Romanian: divergență (ro) f
• Russian: диверге́нция (ru) f (divergéncija)
• Swedish: divergens (sv) c

References

• OED2

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪvɛrɡɛnt͡sɛ]

Noun

divergence f

1. divergence

   Antonym: konvergence

Declension

Declension of divergence (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	divergence	divergence
genitive	divergence	divergencí
dative	divergenci	divergencím
accusative	divergenci	divergence
vocative	divergence	divergence
locative	divergenci	divergencích
instrumental	divergencí	divergencemi

Related terms

• divergentní
• divergovat

 

Further reading

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

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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.