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Divergence

//daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns// noun

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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

Etymology

By surface analysis, diverge + -ence.

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