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divergency

noun

Latin root: divergentia Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about divergency at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. An infinite series that has no limit.
  2. The act of moving away in different direction from a common point.
    an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines

Origin

From New Latin divergentia; by surface analysis, diverge + -ency.

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