divergenceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

By surface analysis, diverge +‎ -ence.

発音

• IPA: /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/, /dɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒəns

名詞

divergence (countable and uncountable, plural divergences)

1. The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.

   Synonym: divergency

   Antonyms: convergence, convergency

   Hyponyms: neurodivergence, neurodivergency, stereodivergency

   An angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.

2. (calculus) The operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... F_n) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function ${\displaystyle \sum _{i=1}^{n}{\frac {\partial F_{i}}{\partial x_{i}}}}$.

   Synonyms: div, ∇⋅

   Coordinate terms: curl, gradient, compressible, solenoidal

3. (obsolete) Disagreement; difference.
   • 1852, George Cornewall Lewis, Treatise on the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Politics:

     divergence of thought

4. The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.

   Coordinate term: genetic drift

派生語

関連する語

• diverge
• divergent

参照

• OED2