overdivergence

noun

overdivergence

noun

Etymology From over- + divergence.

1

A divergence to an excessive degree.

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

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