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Noun
/diˈvərjəns/,/dī-/,
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divergences, plural;
  1. The process or state of diverging
    • - the divergence between primates and other groups
  2. A difference or conflict in opinions, interests, wishes, etc
    • - a fundamental divergence of attitude
  3. A place where airflows or ocean currents diverge, typically marked by downwelling (of air) or upwelling (of water)

  4. The inner product of the operator del and a given vector, which gives a measure of the quantity of flux emanating from any point of the vector field or the rate of loss of mass, heat, etc., from it

  1. the act of moving away in different direction from a common point; "an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines"
  2. deviation: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"
  3. an infinite series that has no limit
  4. discrepancy: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"
  5. (diverge) move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here"
  6. (diverge) have no limits as a mathematical series
  7. In vector calculus, divergence is an operator that measures the magnitude of a vector field's source or sink at a given point, in terms of a signed scalar. ...
  8. Divergence is the second album by the Dutch symphonic rock group Solution. It was released in 1972 on the EMI subsidiary Harvest Records.
  9. Divergent evolution is the accumulation of differences between groups which can lead to the formation of new species, usually a result of diffusion of the same species adapting to different environments, leading to natural selection defining the success of specific mutations. ...
  10. Now, consider the following process, which conceals the tick event of the Clock process: By definition, P is called a divergent process.
  11. In ophthalmology, divergence is the simultaneous outward movement of both eyes away from each other, usually in an effort to maintain single binocular vision when viewing an object. It is a type of vergence eye movement.
  12. Divergence is a 2005 Hong Kong action-crime film produced and directed by Benny Chan, from a screenplay by Ivy Ho. The film stars Ekin Cheng, Aaron Kwok and Daniel Wu.
  13. The degree to which two or more things diverge; the operator which maps a function F=(F1, ... Fn) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the number
  14. (diverge) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions; To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions; To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path); To become different, to separate (from another line or path) ...
  15. (divergent) Growing further apart; diverging; Describing a series which does not converge, i.e., approach a limit
  16. (Diverge) For algorithms or computers, to run forever and never halt; for iterative systems (like the equations for the Mandelbrot set), reaching a state such that all future states explode in size.
  17. (Diverge) When a train is sent across a switch to a track other than the one it normally operates on.
  18. (divergent) inclining away from each other.
  19. (Divergent) A point on staples that makes the legs spread outwards as the staple is driven into a material.
  20. (Divergent) A radiating crystal habit.
  21. (Divergent) Two or more rays proceeding outward from point one.
  22. (divergent) A term used in reference to objects that are moving away from one another. Characterized by extension, rifting, earthquake activity and normal faulting.
  23. (divergent) Distinctly separate or increasingly different ideas.
  24. (divergent) spreading away from one another, usually at a rather wide angle.
  25. (divergent) usually referring to gill trama, in which the tramal hyphae branch outward from the gill center towards the hymenium and downward towards the gill edge.