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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an infinite series that has no limit;
[syn: divergence, divergency]

2. the act of moving away in different direction from a common point;
- Example: "an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines"
[syn: divergence, divergency]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Rays come to the eye in a state of divergency. --??????. [1913 Webster] 2. Disagreement; difference. [1913 Webster] Related with some divergence by other writers. --Sir G. C. Lewis. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

divergency n 1: an infinite series that has no limit [syn: divergence, divergency] [ant: convergence, convergency] 2: the act of moving away in different direction from a common point; "an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines" [syn: divergence, divergency]