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divergence

N ความแตกต่าง  ความ ไม่ เหมือนกัน  ความ ไม่ สอดคล้องกัน  ความหลากหลาย  difference divergency accord correspondence resemblance kwam-teak-tak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIVERGENCE

n.A receding from each other; a going farther apart; as the divergence of lines, or the angle of divergence.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DIVERGENCE; DIVERGENCY

Di *ver "gence, Di *ver "gen *cy, n. Etym: [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. Rays come to the eye in a state of divergency.

 

2. Disagreement; difference. Related with some divergence by other writers. Sir G. C. Lewis.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

divergence

di ver gence |diˈvərjəns, dī -daɪˈvərʤəns | noun 1 the process or state of diverging: the divergence between primates and other groups. a difference or conflict in opinions, interests, wishes, etc.: a fundamental divergence of attitude. a place where airflows or ocean currents diverge, typically marked by downwelling (of air ) or upwelling (of water ). 2 Mathematics the inner product of the operator del and a given vector, which gives a measure of the quantity of flux emanating from any point of the vector field or the rate of loss of mass, heat, etc. , from it.

 

Oxford Dictionary

divergence

di |ver ¦gence |dʌɪˈvəːdʒ (ə )ns | noun [ mass noun ] 1 the process or state of diverging: the divergence between primates and other groups. [ count noun ] a difference in opinions, interests, etc.: a fundamental divergence of attitude. [ count noun ] a place where airflows or ocean currents diverge, typically marked by downwelling (of air ) or upwelling (of water ). 2 Mathematics the scalar product of the operator del and a given vector, which gives a measure of the quantity of flux emanating from any point of the vector field or the rate of loss of mass, heat, etc. , from it.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

divergence

divergence noun 1 the divergence of the human and ape lineages: separation, dividing, parting, forking, bifurcation. 2 a marked political divergence: difference, dissimilarity, variance, disparity; disagreement, incompatibility, mismatch. 3 divergence from standard behavior: deviation, digression, departure, shift, straying; variation, change, alteration.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

divergence

divergence noun 1 the divergence of the human and great ape lineages: separation, dividing, parting, forking, branching; fork, division; technical bifurcation. 2 there is a marked political divergence between them: difference, dissimilarity, variance, polarity, disparity, contrast; disagreement, discrepancy, incompatibility, mismatch, conflict, clash; rare unlikeness, dissimilitude. ANTONYMS similarity. 3 they record any divergence from standard behaviour: deviation, digression, departure, shift, drift, drifting, straying, deflection, wandering, moving away; variation, change, alteration; rare divagation.

 

French Dictionary

divergence

divergence n. f. nom féminin Opposition de sentiments, d ’opinions. : Une divergence d ’opinions. SYNONYME désaccord . Note Orthographique diverg en ce.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

divergence

di ver gence -gen cy /dəvə́ː r dʒ (ə )ns |daɪ -//-dʒ (ə )nsi /名詞 -cies U C かたく 1 «意見 関心の /…の間での » 相違, 不一致 «of /between » ; «…からの » 分岐, 逸脱 «from » .2 〘数 〙発散 .