divergence Definition
di·ver·gence (--vʉr′jəns)
noun
- a diverging, separating, or branching off
- a becoming different in form or kind
- departure from a particular viewpoint, practice, etc.
- difference of opinion; disagreement
Etymology: ML divergentia
divergence Synonyms
divergence
n.
Radiation
deviation, ramification, separation; see division 1, radiation 1.Difference
mutation, deviation, alteration; see change 1, difference 1, 2.
divergence Finance Definition
In
technical analysis, price movements that fail to confirm a trend or that bring
a pattern on a price chart into question.
divergence Usage Examples
Converse of object
- reveal: This consistent approach aims to reveal the divergence in their processes.
- grow: This growing divergence was mostly caused by the Royal Navy's demands.
- explain: This lack of training may go some way to explaining that divergence.
- avoid: Working together It is important that eLib projects work together in relevant areas to ensure interoperability and avoid unnecessary divergence.
- prevent: The EP's decision makers want to prevent even wider divergences in the VAT rates of the member states.
- show: For instance, the method by which parallel examples of social customs were established showed little real divergence.
Adjective modifier
- evolutionary: Each edge of the tree has a certain amount of evolutionary divergence associated with it, defined by the distance between the data items.
- marked: Within the responses there was a marked divergence of views on most issues.
- considerable: There is considerable divergence in the other receptor binding domain.
- genetic: By measuring genetic divergence between populations using molecular markers, I hope to relate this host specificity to the process of incipient speciation.
- wide: With Level 8 theses, cases of wide divergence of marking were noted.
- significant: The most significant divergence has been the use of singular object names.
Modifies a noun
- theorem: Using the divergence theorem we obtain where is a unit vector normal to the surface, .
- angle: The divergence angle on transmit allows the units to be used without a tripod.
Noun used with modifier
- drift: Limited littoral drift is reported on beaches between the rivers Hamble and Itchen, with a drift divergence between Victoria Park and Hamble Common.
- beam: Prevent the use of any external optics that could decrease the beam divergence or its diameter.
- sequence: We found evidence that recombination contributed to sequence divergence within at least one gene locus.
Preposition: in
growth: Summer 2001 Can differences in industrial structure explain divergences in regional economic growth?
Preposition: of
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