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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Divergence

/dīv-ẽrj'-əns/ · Di·ver·gence · IPA /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/
01 n. 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…
  1. 1.
    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.” — Paley.
  2. 2.
    Disagreement; difference.
    “Related with some divergence by other writers.” — Sir G. C. Lewis.