divergence

divergence
n
1. spreading, spreading apart, coming apart, opening, opening up, radiating, flying off, divaricating, forking, parting, branching off; dividing, separating, subdividing, ramifying, disuniting, divorcing; severing, dissevering, cleaving, riving, splitting, sundering, bisecting, dissecting, disconnecting; spread, radiation, divarication; division, subdivision, separation, fork, part, disunion, ramification, divorce; severance, disseverance, dissection, disconnection.
2. departing, deflecting, varying, differing, changing, stepping aside, steering clear of; curving, turning, bending, swerving, tacking, bearing off, wheeling, wheeling about, swinging about; diverting, sidetracking, shifting, switching, shunting; departure, deflection, variation, difference, change; curve, turn, bend, swerve; diversion, shift, switch.
3. deviating, digressing, veering, straggling, turning aside; wandering, rambling, meandering, straying, drifting, roving, divagating; divergency, deviation, digression, divagation.

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  • divergence — [ divɛrʒɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1626; lat. sc. divergentia 1 ♦ Situation de ce qui diverge, de ce qui va en s écartant. ⇒ dispersion, écartement. Divergence d une lentille, d un système optique. ⇒ vergence. ♢ Métrol. Mesure de la puissance d un système… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • DIVERGENCE FM — Création 1987 Langue Français Pays …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Divergence — 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. [1913 Webster] Rays come to the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • divergence — divergence. См. дивергенция. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • divergence — index antithesis, circulation, conflict, contention (opposition), contradiction, contradistinction, controversy ( …   Law dictionary

  • Divergence —   [engl.], Divergenz …   Universal-Lexikon

  • divergence — DIVERGENCE. subst. f. Terme de Géométrie et d Optique. Situation de deux lignes, de deux rayons, qui vont en s écartant …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • divergence — 1650s, from Mod.L. divergentia, from divergens (see DIVERGE (Cf. diverge)). Related: Divergency …   Etymology dictionary

  • divergence — 1 *deviation, deflection, aberration Analogous words: division, separation, parting (see corresponding verbs at SEPARATE): differing, disagreeing, varying (see DIFFER) Antonyms: convergence Contrasted words: agreement, concurrence, coincidence… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • divergence — [n] branching out; difference aberration, alteration, alterity, crotch, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, digression, disagreeing, discrepancy, disparity, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, divagation, divergency,… …   New thesaurus

  • divergence — n. pl. divergencies [dəvʉr′jəns, dīvʉr′jəns] n. [ML divergentia] 1. a diverging, separating, or branching off 2. a becoming different in form or kind 3. departure from a particular viewpoint, practice, etc. 4. difference of opinion; disagreement …   English World dictionary

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