Meanings
plural divergences
- countableuncountableThe state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
An angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.
Synonyms: divergency · Antonyms: convergence, convergency
- countableuncountablecalculusThe 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).
- countableobsoleteuncountableDisagreement; difference.
divergence of thought
1852, George Cornewall Lewis, Treatise on the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Politics - countableuncountableThe process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
nounThe 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).
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe act of moving away in different direction from a common point
nouna variation that deviates from the standard or norm
nouna difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
By surface analysis, diverge + -ence.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian отклоне́ние, дивергенция
- отклоне́ние (otklonénie)the degree of divergence
- дивергенция (divergencija)mathematical operator
Catalan divergència, divergència
- divergènciathe degree of divergence
- divergènciamathematical operator
Chinese Mandarin 差異 /差异, 散度
- 差異 /差异 (chāyì)the degree of divergence
- 散度 (sàndù)mathematical operator
Czech divergence, rozbíhavost
- divergencethe degree of divergence
- rozbíhavostthe degree of divergence
- rozbíháníthe degree of divergence
- divergencemathematical operator
Dutch divergentie
- divergentiemathematical operator
Finnish eroavuus, divergenssi
- eroavuusthe degree of divergence
- divergenssimathematical operator
French divergence, divergence
- divergencethe degree of divergence
- divergencemathematical operator
German Abweichung, Divergenz
- Abweichungthe degree of divergence
- Divergenzmathematical operator
Irish eisréimneacht
- eisréimneachtthe degree of divergence
Italian divergenza, divergenza
- divergenzathe degree of divergence
- divergenzamathematical operator
Japanese 発散, 発散
- 発散 (hassan)the degree of divergence
- 発散 (hassan)mathematical operator
Māori tangongitanga
- tangongitangathe degree of divergence
Polish rozbieżność, odchylenie
- rozbieżnośćthe degree of divergence
- odchyleniethe degree of divergence
- dywergencjamathematical operator
Portuguese divergência, divergência
- divergênciathe degree of divergence
- divergênciamathematical operator
- divergentemathematical operator
Romanian divergență, divergență
- divergențăthe degree of divergence
- divergențămathematical operator
Russian расхожде́ние, отклоне́ние
- расхожде́ние (rasxoždénije)the degree of divergence
- отклоне́ние (otklonénije)the degree of divergence
- несоотве́тствие (nesootvétstvije)the degree of divergence
- диверге́нция (divergéncija)mathematical operator
Spanish divergencia, divergencia
- divergenciathe degree of divergence
- divergenciamathematical operator
Swedish divergens, divergens
- divergensthe degree of divergence
- divergensmathematical operator
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with divergence
All rhymes →Cite this entry
divergence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divergence
“divergence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divergence. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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