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divergence

English

Etymology

Morphologically diverge +? -ence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da??v??(?)d??ns/, /d??v??(?)d??ns/

Noun

divergence (countable and uncountable, plural divergences)

  1. The degree to which two or more things diverge.
    An angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.
  2. (calculus) the operator which maps a function F=(F1, ... Fn) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the number ? i = 1 n ? F i ? x i {\displaystyle \sum _{i=1}^{n}{\frac {\partial F_{i}}{\partial x_{i}}}}
  3. (obsolete) disagreement; difference
    • 1852, George Cornewall Lewis, Treatise on the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Politics
      divergence of thought
  4. The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.

Synonyms

  • (mathematical operator): div,

Antonyms

  • convergence

Coordinate terms

  • (mathematical operator): curl, gradient, compressible, solenoidal

Derived terms

  • divergenceless
  • nondivergence
  • overdivergence
  • underdivergence

Related terms

  • diverge
  • divergent

Translations

References

  • OED2

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?d?v?r??nt?s?]

Noun

divergence f

  1. divergence

Antonyms

  • konvergence

Related terms

  • divergovat
  • divergentní

Further reading

  • divergence in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
  • divergence in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

From Latin divergentia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.v??.???s/

Noun

divergence f (plural divergences)

  1. divergence

Further reading

  • “divergence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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discord

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English

Etymology

Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde (disagreement); from Latin discordia, from discors (disagreeing, disagreement), from dis- (apart) + cor, cordis (heart).

Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discord?re, from discord-, as above.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?d?sk??d/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?sk??d/

Noun

discord (countable and uncountable, plural discords)

  1. Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.
    • A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
    • 1775, Edmund Burke, Conciliation with America
      Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.
  2. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
  3. (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
  4. Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.

Derived terms

  • apple of discord

Related terms

  • discordant
  • Discordianism

Translations

Pronunciation 2

  • (General American) IPA(key): /d?s?k??d/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?s?k??d/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)d

Verb

discord (third-person singular simple present discords, present participle discording, simple past and past participle discorded)

  1. (intransitive, archaic) To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
  2. (transistive, rare) To untie things which are connected by a cord.

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