<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act, fact, or amount of diverging: a divergence in opinion.</li><li>Synonyms: deviation, variation, division, separation.</li><li>Antonyms: convergence.</li><li>Statistics: 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.</li><li>Ophthalmology: a turning motion of the eyeballs outward in relation to each other.</li><li>Electronics: the spreading of a stream of electrons resulting from their mutual electrostatic repulsion.</li></ul>