divergence

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

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).