Divergence

English Meaning

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.

1. The act of diverging.
2. The state of being divergent.
3. The degree by which things diverge.
4. Physiology A turning of both eyes outward from a common point or of one eye when the other is fixed.
5. Departure from a norm; deviation.
6. Difference, as of opinion. See Synonyms at deviation, difference.
7. Biology The evolutionary tendency or process by which animals or plants that are descended from a common ancestor evolve into different forms when living under different conditions.
8. Mathematics The property or manner of diverging; failure to approach a limit.
9. A meteorological condition characterized by the uniform expansion in volume of a mass of air over a region, usually accompanied by fair dry weather.