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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divergence \Di*ver"gence\, Divergency \Di*ver"gen*cy\, n. [Cf.
F. divergence.]
1. 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.
Rays come to the eye in a state of divergency.
--??????.
2. Disagreement; difference.
Related with some divergence by other writers. --Sir
G. C. Lewis.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
divergence
n 1: the act of drawing apart: "an angle is formed by the
divergence of straight lines"
2: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the
deviation from the mean" [syn: {deviation}, {departure}, {difference}]
3: degree of spatial separation [syn: {divergency}]
4: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or
opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" [syn: {discrepancy},
{disagreement}, {variance}]
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