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DIVERGENCE VECTOR FIELD [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Descriptive Geometry
  • Physics
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
CONT

... the divergence of a vector field represents the local rate of expansion or contraction per unit volume.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géométrie descriptive
  • Physique
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

La divergence s'applique à un champ de vecteurs et le transforme en un champ de scalaires. Intuitivement, et dans les cas le plus courant, la divergence d'un champ vectoriel exprime sa tendance à provenir ou converger vers certains points.

Spanish

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