divergence

/daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)dʒəns/

IPA: /D AY0 V ER1 JH AH0 N S/

noun

1
The degree to which two or more things diverge.
“An angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.”
2
The operator which maps a function F=(F1, ... Fn) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the number \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{\partial F_i}{\partial x_i}
3
Disagreement; difference
4
The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.

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