the act, fact, or amount of diverging

a divergence in opinion.

(in physics, meteorology, etc.) the total amount of flux escaping an infinitesimal volume at a point in a vector field, as the net flow of air from a given region.

Ophthalmology . a turning motion of the eyeballs outward in relation to each other.

Electronics . the spreading of a stream of electrons resulting from their mutual electrostatic repulsion.

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accord , agreement , concord , convergence , harmony , sameness

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aberration , alteration , alterity , crotch , deflection , departure , detour , deviation , digression , disagreeing , discrepancy , disparity , dissemblance , dissimilarity , dissimilitude , distinction , divagation , divergency , diversity , division , fork , mutation , otherness , parting , radiation , ramification , separation , turning , unlikeness , variety , varying , discrepance , divarication , diversion , aside , excursion , excursus , irrelevancy , parenthesis , tangent , disunion , disunity , schism