different between divergence vs lapse

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, ... F_n) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the number ${\displaystyle \sum _{i=1}^{n}{\frac {\partial F_{i}}{\partial x_{i}}}}$
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).

English

Etymology

From Middle French laps, from Latin l?psus, from l?b? (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /læps/
• Rhymes: -æps

Noun

lapse (plural lapses)

1. A temporary failure; a slip.

   Synonyms: blooper, gaffe, thinko; see also Thesaurus:error
2. A decline or fall in standards.
3. A pause in continuity.

   Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium; see also Thesaurus:pause

4. An interval of time between events.

   Synonyms: between-time, gap; see also Thesaurus:interim
5. A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
6. (meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
7. (law) A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
8. (theology) A fall or apostasy.

Derived terms

Related terms

• lapsarian

Translations

Verb

lapse (third-person singular simple present lapses, present participle lapsing, simple past and past participle lapsed)

1. (intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.
2. (intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.
3. To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
4. (intransitive) To become void.
5. To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.

Anagrams

• ALSEP, ELSPA, Lapes, Leaps, Pales, Peals, Slape, e-pals, leaps, lepas, pales, peals, pleas, salep, sepal, slape, spale

Danish

Noun

lapse c

1. indefinite plural of laps

Estonian

Noun

lapse

1. genitive singular of laps

Latin

Participle

l?pse

1. vocative masculine singular of l?psus