Divergence

//daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging. countable, uncountable

    "An angle is made by the divergence of straight lines."

  2. 2
    the act of moving away in different direction from a common point wordnet
  3. 3
    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). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions wordnet
  5. 5
    Disagreement; difference. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "divergence of thought"

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  1. 6
    an infinite series that has no limit wordnet
  2. 7
    The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    a variation that deviates from the standard or norm wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
deviationdiscrepancydivergencyaberranceaberrancyaberration

Example

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"Here's my flag for Nynorsk. Because the philosophy of Nynorsk is based on the maximum divergence from Danish, Danish background of the flag is to be replaced with Icelandic, because Icelandic served as inspiration for the language creators. The flag is not rectangular in form, because... Well, that Nynorsk is strange after all."

Etymology

By surface analysis, diverge + -ence.

Related phrases

divergence theorempoint of divergencevector space

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