Definition of DIVERGENCE. Meaning of DIVERGENCE. Synonyms of DIVERGENCE

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Definition of DIVERGENCE

Divergence
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. Rays come to the eye in a state of divergency. --??????. 2. Disagreement; difference. Related with some divergence by other writers. --Sir G. C. Lewis.

Meaning of DIVERGENCE from wikipedia

- In vector calculus, divergence is a vector operator that operates on a vector field, producing a scalar field giving the quantity of the vector field's...
- In vector calculus, the divergence theorem, also known as Gauss's theorem or Ostrogradsky's theorem, is a theorem relating the flux of a vector field through...
- Genetic divergence is the process in which two or more po****tions of an ancestral species ac****ulate independent genetic changes (mutations) through time...
- In physics, an ultraviolet divergence or UV divergence is a situation in which an integral, for example a Feynman diagram, diverges because of contributions...
- The Great Divergence or European miracle is the socioeconomic shift in which the Western world (i.e. Western Europe and the parts of the New World where...
- mathematical statistics, the Kullback–Leibler (KL) divergence (also called relative entropy and I-divergence), denoted D KL ( P ∥ Q ) {\displaystyle D_{\text{KL}}(P\parallel...
- Look up divergence or divergent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikiquote has quotations related to Divergence (disambiguation). Divergence is a mathematical...
- Divergence (1991) is a science fiction novel by American writer Charles Sheffield, part of his Heritage Universe series. The book, the sequel to Summertide...
- mathematics, specifically statistics and information geometry, a Bregman divergence or Bregman distance is a measure of difference between two points, defined...
- In probability theory and statistics, the Jensen–Shannon divergence is a method of measuring the similarity between two probability distributions. It is...