divergence — meaning in English

English meaning

• chasm noun A deep, steep-sided crack or gap in the earth.
• divergence noun The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
• rumpus noun A loud, chaotic disturbance or quarrel.

Senses

divergence is used for these senses in English:

• chasm (by extension) A large difference of opinion.
• rumpus (informal, intransitive) To cause a noisy disturbance or commotion.

chasm — full definition

1. noun A deep, steep-sided crack or gap in the earth.
2. noun A very large difference between two people, ideas, or groups.

divergence — full definition

1. noun The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
2. noun The operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... Fₙ) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ(∂F_i)/(∂x_i).
3. noun Disagreement; difference.
4. noun The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.

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