variety

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Hyponyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 See also 1.3.6 External links

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

< Old French variete < Latin varietās (“‘difference, diversity’”) < varius (“‘different, various’”); see various.

[edit] Pronunciation

və-rī'ə-ti

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[edit] Noun

variety (plural varieties)

1. A specific variation of sth
2. A state of constant change
3. (taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species.
4. (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system.
5. (cybernetics) Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.

[edit] Hyponyms

• cultivar

[edit] Derived terms

• grape variety
• variety store
• variety show
• algebraic variety
• affine variety
• projective variety
• quasiprojective variety
• Abelian variety

[edit] Related terms

• variant
• variation
• varietal
• variegate
• various
• vary

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• species
• (cybernetics: logarithm): information entropy

[edit] External links

• variety in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• variety in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911