Crossword clues for divergency
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Divergence \Di*ver"gence\, Divergency \Di*ver"gen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. divergence.]
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A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.
Rays come to the eye in a state of divergency.
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Disagreement; difference.
Related with some divergence by other writers.
--Sir G. C. Lewis.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state of being divergent 2 (context countable English) divergence
WordNet
n. an infinite series that has no limit [syn: divergence] [ant: convergence, convergence]
the act of moving away in different direction from a common point; "an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines" [syn: divergence]
Usage examples of "divergency".
Veins of divergencies, convergencies, Our botanist in womankind perceives.
But one gathers that he still believes the accumulation of small and fortuitous variations through the agency of “natural selection” to be the main cause of the present divergencies of structure and instinct.
It is wholesome precisely because it contains so many divergencies and varieties.
But as a woman, she could not resist testing the man with whom she had lived for so long, through so many divergencies and trials.