"divergence" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/, /dɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-divergence.wav Forms: divergences [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒəns Etymology: Morphologically diverge + -ence. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|diverge|ence|nocat=1}} diverge + -ence Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} divergence (countable and uncountable, plural divergences)
  1. The degree to which two or more things diverge. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the degree of divergence): տարամիտում (taramitum) (Armenian), отклоне́ние (otklonénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), divergència [feminine] (Catalan), 差異 (Chinese Mandarin), 差异 (chāyì) (Chinese Mandarin), divergence [feminine] (Czech), rozbíhavost [feminine] (Czech), rozbíhání [neuter] (Czech), eroavuus (Finnish), divergence [feminine] (French), Abweichung [feminine] (German), eisréimneacht [feminine] (Irish), 発散 (hassan) (alt: はっさん) (Japanese), tangongitanga (Maori), rozbieżność [feminine] (Polish), odchylenie [neuter] (Polish), divergência [feminine] (Portuguese), divergență [feminine] (Romanian), расхожде́ние (rasxoždénije) [neuter] (Russian), отклоне́ние (otklonénije) [neuter] (Russian), несоотве́тствие (nesootvétstvije) [neuter] (Russian), divergens [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-divergence-en-noun-8c5Cq-fK Disambiguation of 'the degree of divergence': 100 0 0 0
  2. (calculus) the operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... Fₙ) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ(∂F_i)/(∂x_i) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Calculus, Calculus Synonyms (mathematical operator): div, ∇· Coordinate_terms (mathematical operator): curl, gradient, compressible, solenoidal Translations (mathematical operator): դիվերգենցիա (divergencʻia) (Armenian), 散度 (sàndù) (Chinese Mandarin), divergence [feminine] (Czech), divergentie [feminine] (Dutch), divergenssi (Finnish), divergence [feminine] (French), Divergenz [feminine] (German), 発散 (hassan) (alt: はっさん) (Japanese), dywergencja [feminine] (Polish), divergência [feminine] (Portuguese), divergente [masculine] (Portuguese), divergență [feminine] (Romanian), диверге́нция (divergéncija) [feminine] (Russian), divergens [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  3. (obsolete) disagreement; difference Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-divergence-en-noun-zzckor1J
  4. The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-divergence-en-noun-hzflXrlI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: divergenceless, nondivergence, overdivergence, point of divergence, underdivergence Related terms: diverge, divergent

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "the degree of divergence",
      "word": "տարամիտում"
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      "word": "発散"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "the degree of divergence",
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      "sense": "the degree of divergence",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "the degree of divergence",
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      "word": "divergência"
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      "sense": "the degree of divergence",
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      "word": "расхожде́ние"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "դիվերգենցիա"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sàndù",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "散度"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "divergence"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "divergentie"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "divergenssi"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "divergence"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Divergenz"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
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      "word": "dywergencja"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "divergência"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "divergență"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "divergéncija",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "диверге́нция"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
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      "word": "divergens"
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    "divergence (disambiguation)"
  ],
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}

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