divergence

divergencia

Separación o diferencia cada vez mayor entre cosas, direcciones u opiniones.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: divergence between A and B (There is a clear divergence between their views.)

Sinónimos: difference, separation

Antónimos: convergence

Expresiones frecuentes: divergence of opinion, divergence between things, growing divergence

divergencia genética

Proceso por el que grupos de seres vivos se vuelven genéticamente distintos con el tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Antónimos: convergence

Expresiones frecuentes: genetic divergence, evolutionary divergence, divergence between populations

divergencia

Operación matemática que mide cuánto se expande un campo vectorial hacia fuera desde un punto.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: mul:div, mul:∇⋅

Expresiones frecuentes: divergence of something, divergence theorem, calculate the divergence