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divergence

/daɪˈvɜːdʒəns/noun

उच्चारण डाइवर्जन्स

विचलन, मतभेद, अंतर

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    [C, U] ~ (between A and B) | ~ (from sth) formal

    the process of separating or becoming different; a difference

    विचलन, मतभेद, अंतर

    • a divergence of opinion
    • There was a clear divergence of views between the two groups on the issue of fees.
    • There was a sharp divergence between the two reports on the accident.
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    • The divergence of their interests led the friends to go separate ways.
    • A divergence from the usual route saved us an hour.

    Synonyms difference disagreement discrepancy separation deviation

    Opposite convergence agreement similarity consensus

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Keep the pair: diverge (move apart; become different) and converge (move together; meet at a point).

जोड़ी याद रखिए: diverge (अलग होना; भिन्न होना) और converge (साथ आना; एक बिंदु पर मिलना)।

Keep the difference words together: divergence, discrepancy (a difference between things that should be the same), disparity (a great difference), variance, deviation.

अंतर के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: divergence, discrepancy (जो समान होना चाहिए उनमें अंतर), disparity (बड़ा अंतर, असमानता), variance, deviation।

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General knowledge

Science: a concave lens is a diverging lens (spreads light out); a convex lens is a converging lens (brings light together).

विज्ञान में अवतल लेंस (concave) diverging lens है (प्रकाश फैलाता है); उत्तल लेंस (convex) converging lens है (प्रकाश को एकत्र करता है)।