What's the difference between deviation and divergence?

Deviation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
  • (n.) The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
  • (n.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Only in 17 of the 97 examinees all the examined parameters were found normal, in the rest deviations from the normal echographic picture were revealed.
  • (2) Deviations in two planes simultaneously cause less error than deviation in one plane.
  • (3) The percent pause time, the standard deviation of the voice fundamental frequency distribution, the standard deviation of the rate of change of the voice fundamental frequency and the average speed of voice change were found to correlate to the clinical state of the patient.
  • (4) This study examined the frequency of occurrence of velar deviations in spontaneous single-word utterances over a 6-month period for 40 children who ranged in age from 1:11 (years:months) to 3:1 at the first observation.
  • (5) The average lung density, its standard deviation which was used as a measure of the density homogeneity throughout the lung, and the densities of smaller lung regions were measured before and up to 76 weeks after irradiation in rat lungs.
  • (6) The zeta potential as a function of ionic strength deviates significantly from the predictions of the double-layer theory in the 10(-3)-5.10(-2) M range.
  • (7) The most striking differences were observed on the factors: Psychopathic deviation, Mania, Schizophrenia greater than controls and social introversion lower than controls.
  • (8) A maximum deviation of approximately 10% was found.
  • (9) Deviations from isotropic motion observed for the non-aromatic moieties are discussed.
  • (10) The most substantial deviations between actual and theoretical osmolarity values occurred with the calcium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, potassium chloride and dextrose solutions.
  • (11) Deviations from Michealis-Menten kinetics in the pig-heart citrate synthase (citrate-oxaloacetate-lyase(pro-3S-CH2-COO-leads to acetyl-CoA), EC 4.1.3.7) system have been characterized and analyzed in view of the kinetic theory described in the preceding paper.
  • (12) Finally, the in vivo loss of cholesterol feedback control was found to occur in at least two minimal deviation hepatomas and in one highly malignant adenocarcinoma of hepatic origin.
  • (13) For data sampled at a high rate (approximately 200 Hz) pupil velocity deviations from zero can simply be used, giving a satisfactory inaccuracy of about 5 ms. For data sampled at a low rate (less than 50 Hz), e.g.
  • (14) Breakpoints and other deviations from a linear PPR over the whole ICP range are studied by the analysis of the transfer function.
  • (15) The three counties sampled showed surprisingly little deviation in the percentages of inventories suggesting alcohol production and in the preferences for specific types of drinks.
  • (16) The fraction of ligands that initially escaped into the solvent decreased when the temperature was lowered, and the Arrhenius plots for the rebinding rate coefficients were found to deviate significantly from linearity.
  • (17) The jaw deviated to the right when he opened his mouth fully.
  • (18) With the Cardiovascular Measurement System (CMS), 1 standard deviation for repeat measurements of minimum diameter increased from 0.087 mm (same frame to 0.240 mm (films one to 6 months apart).
  • (19) The standard deviations were greatest when the AI was near 50% and least when the AI was near 0% or 100%.
  • (20) Variability of basal blood flow in terms of standard deviations and in terms of coefficients of variation computed from duplicate determinations were significantly higher than for the other parameters and significantly more elevated in the forearm than in the calf.

Divergence


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Divergency

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).
  • (2) The primary afferent fibers diverge in the brainstem into a short ascending and a long descending tract.
  • (3) Sires of the cows had been divergently selected on yearling weight (YW) and total maternal (MAT) EPD to form four groups: high YW, high MAT EPD; high YW, low MAT EPD; low YW, high MAT EPD; and low YW, low MAT EPD.
  • (4) The region is distinctive in that the sequence is absent from the homologous domain of the erythroid alpha chain and diverges from the normal internal repeat structure observed throughout other spectrins.
  • (5) Eye movements of convergence and divergence were recorded by a limbus tracker.
  • (6) The process of vectorial repeat addition continued in two platyrrhine sublineages after their divergence from each other.
  • (7) In this paper, we have characterized new and divergent EF-C binding sites in several viral regulatory regions.
  • (8) We propose that BGP I diverged from NCA by acquiring an immunoglobulin-like domain substantially different from the domains found in NCA or CEA and also a new cytoplasmic domain.
  • (9) We present a comparison of the Canadian and American data on expenditures, identifying the sectors in which the experience of the two nations diverges most, and describing the processes of control.
  • (10) Cognate sites in genomes that diverged approximately 100 million years ago can be detected by PCR assays based on primer pairs from unique sequences.
  • (11) The sequences in the 5'-flanking region of the alpha- and beta-MYHC-encoding genes diverge extensively from one another, suggesting that expression of the alpha- and beta-MYHC genes is independently regulated.
  • (12) This article examines the history of Dr. Crozat and his appliance, discusses the development and divergence in its use, and demonstrates this divergence with a few selected, documented case reports.
  • (13) Species of the genera Saccharomyces, Schizosaccharomyces, Debaryomyces and Schwanniomyces were compared from their extent of divergence in three regions from small (18S) and large (25S) subunit ribosomal RNAs comprising a total of 900 nucleotides.
  • (14) In order to obtain probes for the analysis of RPE development from its earliest divergence from the neural retina to late stages of differentiation, we have developed a panel of monoclonal antibodies which recognize antigens specific to the RPE.
  • (15) The 18S data provide the principal signal that supports the more basal divergences, but the data do not unambiguously address relationships among taxa in the clade that includes most colonial flagellates and Chlamydomonas taxa representative of the Euchlamydomonas group (sensu Ettl).
  • (16) The developed apparatus included ultrasonic generators operating at a frequency of 0.5-3 MHz, piezoceramic radiators of various design providing the heating of an object with convergent, divergent and plane ultrasonic waves, thermoprobes in the form of single or multiple thermocouples with the bends from 5 points at a 5 mm distance from one another, temperature meters and various auxiliaries.
  • (17) The C. elegans core histone genes are organized as divergently transcribed pairs of H3-H4 and H2A-H2B and contain 5' conserved sequence elements in the shared spacer regions.
  • (18) The sequence data of the 3' terminus of the alpha-3 genomic clone suggests that it encodes for a divergent alpha-tubulin, and it most probably corresponds to the testis-specific gene.
  • (19) We have systematically analyzed the promoter-regulatory elements of the human and bovine alpha-subunit genes to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying their divergent patterns of tissue-specific expression.
  • (20) These results support a hypothesis which proposes that ancestral SIN virus diverged into two distinct groups.