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divergence

/daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/

divergence noun: the state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.

divergence: a dirt road in the middle of a forest
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Noun

divergence (countable and uncountable, plural divergences)

  1. The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
    • An angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.
    Synonyms:
    divergency
  2. 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).
  3. (obsolete) Disagreement; difference.
    • divergence of thought1852, George Cornewall Lewis, Treatise on the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Politics
  4. The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.

divergence meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

divergence in Tamil

விரிகை, பல வகைப்படுதல், விரிதல், விரிவடைதல், விரிந்து செல்லுதல், விரிவு

divergence in Urdu

انحراف, انتشار, پھیلاؤ

divergence in Malayalam

parting, separation, dividing
കേന്ദ്രാപചരണം, വിഭിന്നദിശകളിൽ ചരിക്കൽ, രണ്ടായി പിരിയൽ, ആസാംഗത്യം, വേർപിരിയൽ, അകന്നു മാറൽ
dissimilarity, difference, variance
വ്യത്യാസം, ഭിന്നത, ഭിന്നത്വം, വ്യത്യസ്തത, അസാമ്യം, വ്യതിരേകം
digression, deviation, departure
വ്യതിചലനം, വ്യതിയാനം, ഭ്രശം, പ്രകൃതഭ്രംശം, ഗതിഭേദം, ഗതിമാറ്റം

divergence in Kannada

ಭಿನ್ನತೆ, ವಿಭೇದ
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divergence in Odia
ବିଚ୍ଯ଼ୁତତା

Examples of divergence in a sentence

  • Among other forms of change, the evolution of transportation has involved modification, diversification, convergence, divergence, hybridization, differentiation, and naturally, selection.
  • The religious divergences between the two spouses always created the dissentism.
  • However, when it comes to efficient and side-channel-aware implementations, we see a curious divergence.

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Forms of divergence

pluraldivergences

Plural of divergence: divergences

Origin of divergence

By surface analysis, diverge + -ence.

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Questions about divergence

What does divergence mean?
Divergence means the state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
What is divergence in Tamil?
Divergence in Tamil is விரிகை, பல வகைப்படுதல், விரிதல். See Divergence meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is divergence?
Divergence is a noun.
How do you pronounce divergence?
Divergence is pronounced /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/.
What is the plural of divergence?
The plural of divergence is divergences.

Words near divergence in the dictionary

  1. divercin
  2. diverge
  3. diverged
  4. divergement
  5. divergements
  6. divergence
  7. divergence theorem
  8. divergenceless
  9. divergencelessness
  10. divergences
  11. divergencies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: divergence (page history and authors); divergence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); divergence (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); divergence (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); divergence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); divergence (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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