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divergence Definition

di·ver·gence (--vʉrjəns)

noun

  1. a diverging, separating, or branching off
  2. a becoming different in form or kind
  3. departure from a particular viewpoint, practice, etc.
  4. difference of opinion; disagreement

Etymology: ML divergentia

divergence Synonyms

divergence

n.

  1. Radiation

    deviation, ramification, separation; see division 1, radiation 1.

  2. 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

  • opinion: They work in a system where no divergence of opinion is allowed.
  • view: There was also a clear divergence of views among young people.

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