divergence

divergence

Séparation ou différence qui augmente entre des choses, des directions ou des opinions.

En anglais simple : A growing separation or difference between things, directions, or opinions.

• There is a divergence of opinion.
• The graph shows a growing divergence between prices and wages.
• The divergence of the two paths increased beyond the bridge.

Comment l'utiliser : divergence between A and B (There is a clear divergence between their views.)

Synonymes : difference, separation

Contraires : convergence

Expressions courantes : divergence of opinion, divergence between things, growing divergence

divergence génétique

Processus par lequel des groupes d’êtres vivants deviennent génétiquement différents au fil du temps.

En anglais simple : The process by which groups of living things become genetically different over time.

• Isolation encouraged genetic divergence.
• The researchers measured divergence between the two populations.
• Mutations increased their divergence over many generations.

Contraires : convergence

Expressions courantes : genetic divergence, evolutionary divergence, divergence between populations

divergence

Opération mathématique mesurant combien un champ de vecteurs se disperse vers l’extérieur en un point.

En anglais simple : A mathematical operation measuring how much a vector field spreads outward at a point.

• Calculate the divergence of this vector field.
• Its divergence is zero at every point.
• The divergence theorem relates outward flux to a volume integral.

Synonymes : mul:div, mul:∇⋅

Expressions courantes : divergence of something, divergence theorem, calculate the divergence