Definition of "divergence" []

• The act of diverging. (noun)
• The state of being divergent. (noun)
• The degree by which things diverge. (noun)
• Physiology A turning of both eyes outward from a common point or of one eye when the other is fixed. (noun)
• Departure from a norm; deviation. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The main divergence from the news cycle comes when tragedy strikes."
• ""This is what I call a divergence," he said, "and I think divergences in markets are really worth paying attention to.""
• "Extinctions result in divergence of character traits."