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Divergence

Divergence Meaning & Definition
Divergence Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Divergence?

[n] the act of moving away in different direction from a common point; "an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines"
[n] a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"
[n] degree of spatial separation
[n] an infinite series that has no limit
[n] a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Divergence: departure | deviation | difference | disagreement | discrepancy | divergency | divergency | variance

Related Terms | Find terms related to Divergence: aberrance | aberrancy | aberration | abnormality | abnormity | about-face | accommodation | adaptation | adjustment | aesthetic distance | alienation | alteration | amelioration | amorphism | anomalism | anomalousness | anomaly | antagonism | apostasy | argumentation | attenuation | bad copy | bad likeness | bend | betterment | bias | branching off | breach | breach of friendship | break | broadcast | broadcasting | camouflage | capriciousness | change | change of heart | changeability | changeableness | choppiness | circuitousness | circumfusion | clashing | clearance | cleavage | cleft | compass | conceit | conflict | constructive change | continuity | contradiction | contrariety | contrast | controversy | conversion | corner | crackpotism | crank | crankiness | crankism | crook | crosswiseness | crotchet | crotchetiness | curve | dappleness | declination | deep space | defection | deflection | deflexure | degeneration | degenerative change | departure | depths of space | derangement | deterioration | detour | deviance | deviancy | deviation | deviousness | diagonality | difference | differentiation | differentness | differing | diffraction | diffusion | digression | dilution | disaccord | disaccordance | disaffection | disagreeing | disagreement | disconformity | discongruity | discontinuity | discord | discordance | discordancy | discrepancy | discreteness | discursion | disfavor | disguise | disharmony | disorder | disparity | dispensation | dispersal | dispersion | disruption | dissemblance | dissemination | dissension | dissent | dissidence | dissimilarity | dissimilation | dissimilitude | dissipation | dissonance | distance | distinction | distinctness | distribution | disunion | disunity | divagation | divarication | divergency | diversification | diversion | diversity | dividedness | division | dogleg | dottiness | double | drift | drifting | eccentricity | errantry | erraticism | erraticness | estrangement | evaporation | excursion | excursus | exorbitation | expansion | extent | faction | falling-out | far cry | farness | fitting | flip-flop | fragmentation | freakiness | freakishness | gradual change | hairpin | heterogeneity | heteromorphism | idiocrasy | idiosyncrasy | improvement | inaccordance | incommensurability | incomparability | incompatibility | incongruity | inconsistency | inconsonance | inconstancy | indirection | indirectness | inequality | inferiority | infinity | inharmoniousness | inharmony | instability | irreconcilability | irregularity | jarring | jerkiness | kink | leeway | length | light-years | makeup | mannerism | margin | melioration | mercuriality | mere caricature | mileage | mitigation | mixture | modification | modulation | monstrosity | motleyness | mutability | negation | nonconformism | nonconformity | nonstandardization | nonuniformity | obliqueness | obliquity | oddity | odds | open rupture | opposition | oppugnancy | otherness | overthrow | parsecs | parting | peculiarity | peppering | pererration | perspective | piece | pluralism | poor imitation | propagation | publication | qualification | queerness | quip | quirk | quirkiness | radiation | radical change | raggedness | rambling | range | reach | realignment | recall of ambassadors | re-creation | redesign | reform | reformation | remaking | remoteness | renewal | repugnance | reshaping | restructuring | reversal | revival | revivification | revolution | rift | rupture | scattering | scatterment | schism | separateness | separation | sheer | shift | shifting | shifting course | shifting path | shotgun pattern | singularity | skew | skewness | slant | sowing | space | span | spattering | splay | split | spread | spreading | sprinkling | squint | strangeness | straying | stretch | strewing | stride | subnormality | sudden change | superiority | sweep | swerve | swerving | swinging | switch | tack | teratism | total change | transition | transverseness | trick | turn | turnabout | turning | twist | unconformism | unconformity | unconventionality | unevenness | unharmoniousness | unlikeness | unnaturalism | unnaturalness | unorthodoxy | unresemblance | unsameness | unsimilarity | unsteadiness | upheaval | vagary | variability | variance | variation | variegation | variety | variousness | varying | veer | versatility | violent change | volatilization | wandering | warp | wavering | way | ways | whim | whimsicality | whimsy | worsening | yaw | zigzag

See Also | allowance | difference | discrepancy | driftage | flection | flexion | fluctuation | inflection | interval | leeway | margin | separation | separation | series | tolerance | variance | variant | variation

Divergence In Webster's Dictionary

\Di*ver"gence\, Divergency \Di*ver"gen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. divergence.] 1. A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines. Rays come to the eye in a state of divergency. --??????. 2. Disagreement; difference. Related with some divergence by other writers. --Sir G. C. Lewis.

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