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- Dictionarydivergence/dʌɪˈvəːdʒ(ə)ns/
noun
- 1. the process or state of diverging: "the divergence between primates and other groups" Similar
- 2. 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.
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a situation in which two things become different, or the difference between them increases: a divergence of opinion. The figures reveal a marked divergence between public sector pay settlements and those in the private sector.
: the condition of being mathematically divergent. Synonyms. bifurcation. divarication. divergency. separation. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of divergence in a Sentence.
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 source at each point. More technically, the divergence represents the volume density of the outward flux of a vector field from an infinitesimal volume around a given point.
a situation in which two things become different, or the difference between them increases: a divergence of opinion. The figures reveal a marked divergence between public sector pay settlements and those in the private sector.
A divergence is a difference between two or more things, attitudes, or opinions.
n. 1. a. The act or process of diverging. b. The state of being divergent. c. The degree by which things diverge. 2. A departure from a norm; a deviation. See Synonyms at deviation. 3. A difference between or among items: "riven as the country was with competing interests and a wide divergence of incomes and ambitions" (James Conaway).
the process or fact of separating or becoming different. the divergence of these two species. divergence between A and B the divergence between humans and chimpanzees. There are divergences between the legal systems of the two countries. Want to learn more?
The point where two things split off from each other is called a divergence. When you're walking in the woods and face a divergence in the path, you have to make a choice about which way to go. A divergence doesn't have to be a physical split — it can also be a philosophical division.
noun. divergences. A diverging, separating, or branching off. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. The state of being divergent. American Heritage Medicine. The degree by which things diverge. American Heritage Medicine. Similar definitions. Departure from a particular viewpoint, practice, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
The divergence is defined as the sum of these two partial derivative scalars (is that correct?). Adding the two scalars yields a nonzero scalar everywhere on the graph, thus the divergence would be nonzero everywhere, indicating some divergence or convergence (compressibility).
