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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024di•ver•gence /dɪˈvɜrdʒəns, daɪ-/USA pronunciation n. - difference of opinion, character, or form: [uncountable]I think too much divergence keeps us from ever agreeing.[countable]a divergence of opinion.
See -verg-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024di•ver•gence (di vûr′jəns, dī-),USA pronunciation n. - the act, fact, or amount of diverging:a divergence in opinion.
- Mathematics, Meteorology, Physics(in physics, meteorology, etc.) the total amount of flux escaping an infinitesimal volume at a point in a vector field, as the net flow of air from a given region.
- Ophthalmologya turning motion of the eyeballs outward in relation to each other.
- Electronicsthe spreading of a stream of electrons resulting from their mutual electrostatic repulsion.
- Medieval Latin dīvergentia. See diverge, -ence
- 1650–60
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged separation, division, variation, deviation.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged convergence.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: divergence /daɪˈvɜːdʒəns/ n - the act or result of diverging or the amount by which something diverges
- the condition of being divergent
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