divergency

1. 1.

   an infinite series that has no limit

   Synonymsdivergence

   Antonymsconvergency

   Broaderseries
2. 2.

   the act of moving away in different direction from a common point

   “an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines”

   Synonymsdivergence

   Broaderseparation

Other forms of divergency

plural

divergencies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about divergency

What does divergency mean?

divergency means "an infinite series that has no limit". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in divergency?

divergency has 4 syllables: di-ver-gen-cy. The stress falls on "ver".

What is another word for divergency?

Close synonyms include divergence, divergence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of divergency?

The recorded antonyms are convergency.

Is divergency a common word?

divergency is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.