| 单词 | point of divergence |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoint of divergence a. The action of diverging: moving off in different directions from the same point (called the point of divergence), so that the intervening distance continually increases. The opposite of convergence. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > [noun] forkinga1400 shearingc1400 divarication1578 bifurcation1646 divergence1656 divergency1738 divergement1766 trifurcation1884 1656 T. Hobbes Six Lessons iii. 24 in Elements Philos. That Angle which is generated by the divergence of two straight Lines. 1656 J. Wallis Due Correct. Mr. Hobbes ix. 81 Doth it remain the same Angle? the same quantity of divergence? 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. ii. 104 The Convergencies and Divergencies of the Rays. 1866 R. M. Ferguson Electricity 34 This divergence from the true north. point of divergence point of divergence n. (a) Optics a point from which rays of light diverge, or appear to diverge; (b) Biology the point in evolutionary history at which two lineages of an organism are presumed to have diverged. ΚΠ 1692 W. Molyneux Dioptrica Nova ix. 56 Draw g k directly to cross the Axis in e. I call the Point e the Virtual Focus, or Point of Divergence. 1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics i. 10 The point of divergence..or the radiant point, as it is called. 1889 Amer. Naturalist 23 220 If we look upon Volvox as a form..which lies near the point of divergence of Metaphyta from the Metazoa we shall probably assign it to nearly its true position. 1998 Nature 22 Oct. 749/2 The aim is to arrive closer and closer to the point of divergence between this lineage (the tetrapodomorphs) and that leading to the lungfishes (the dipnomorphs). < as lemmas |
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