divergence

Plural: divergences

Noun

• the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
  • "an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines"
• a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
• an infinite series that has no limit
• a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
  • "a growing divergence of opinion"
• The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
• 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).
• Disagreement; difference.
• The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.

Examples

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

Synonyms

departure, deviation, difference, disagreement, discrepancy, divergency, variance, mul:div, mul:∇⋅

Antonyms

convergence, convergency

Related Words

diverge, divergent