overdivergence

English

Alternative forms

  • over-divergence

Etymology

From over- +‎ divergence.

Noun

overdivergence (uncountable)

  1. A divergence to an excessive degree.
    Antonym: underdivergence
    • 2007, Christina Matta, The science of small things: the botanical context of German bacteriology, 1830-1920[1]:
      An awareness began to grow that an overdivergence of disciplines had taken place, and that botany had lost its sense of unity.