divergence

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

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 ${\displaystyle \sum _{i=1}^{n}{\frac {\partial F_{i}}{\partial x_{i}}}}$
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.

• (mathematical operator):
  • div
  • ∇·

• convergence

• divergenceless
• nondivergence
• overdivergence
• underdivergence

• diverge
• divergent

• OED2

divergence f

1. divergence

• konvergence

• divergovat
• divergentní

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

From Latin divergentia.

• IPA^(key): /di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s/

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divergence f (plural divergences)

1. divergence

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