divergence

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divergence (countable and uncountable, plural divergences)

The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
Synonym: divergency

Antonyms: convergence, convergency

Hyponyms: neurodivergence, neurodivergency, stereodivergency

An angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.
(calculus) The operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... F_n) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function $\sum _{i=1}^{n}{\frac {\partial F_{i}}{\partial x_{i}}}$ .
Synonyms: div, ∇⋅

Coordinate terms: curl, gradient, compressible, solenoidal
(obsolete) Disagreement; difference.
- 1852, George Cornewall Lewis, Treatise on the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Politics:
  divergence of thought
The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.
Coordinate term: genetic drift

the degree of divergence

Albanian: divergjencë (sq) f
Armenian: տարամիտում (hy) (taramitum)
Asturian: diverxencia f
Bulgarian: отклоне́ние (bg) n (otklonénie)
Catalan: divergència (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 差異 / 差异 (zh) (chāyì)
Czech: divergence f, rozbíhavost f, rozbíhání n
Finnish: eroavuus (fi)
French: divergence (fr) f
Galician: diverxencia f
German: Abweichung (de) f
Irish: eisréimneacht f
Italian: divergenza (it) f
Japanese: 発散 (ja) (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)
Spanish: divergencia (es) f
Swedish: divergens (sv) c

mathematical operator

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