• Finnish: erilleen menevä, erkaantuva

• Finnish: hajaantuva
• Swedish: divergent

Swedish

Adjective

1. divergent

Antonyms

• konvergent

Divergence can refer to:

In mathematics:

• Divergence, a function that associates a scalar with every point of a vector field
• The defining property of divergent series; series that have no bounded sum

In science:

• Genetic divergence
• Divergence (eye), the simultaneous outward movement of both eyes away each other
• Beam divergence, the half-angle of the cone formed by a beam of light as it propagates and spreads out.
• Ultraviolet divergence or infrared divergence, behaviors of a field theory in quantum physics.
• Kullback–Leibler divergence, also known as the "information divergence" in probability theory and information theory

In the arts:

• Divergence (album), a 1972 album by Solution
• Divergence (novel), a novel by Charles Sheffield
• Divergence (book), a novel by Tony Ballantyne
• Divergence (Enterprise episode), a fourth-season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
• Divergence (film), a 2005 film from Hong Kong

See also

• Divergent boundary, a zone where tectonic plates are moving apart
• Divergence theorem, a mathematical result by Gauss and Ostrogradsky
• Point of divergence, a point in fictional history from which stories take different routes
• Convergence

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