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blending
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bl?nd??/
Verb
blending
- present participle of blend
Noun
blending (plural blendings)
- The act or result of something being blended.
- blendings of old and new
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variety
English
Alternative forms
- variëty (rare)
Etymology
From Middle French varieté, from Latin variet?s (“difference, diversity”), from varius (“different, various”); see various. Displaced native Old English misl?cnes.
Pronunciation
- enPR: v?-r???-t?, IPA(key): /v???a?.?.ti/
- Rhymes: -a??ti
- Hyphenation: va?ri?e?ty
Noun
variety (countable and uncountable, plural varieties)
- The quality of being varied; diversity.
- Antonym: sameness
- A specific variation of something.
- A number of different things.
- Synonyms: array, assortment
- A state of constant change.
- (taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species (infraspecific), either below subspecies (subspecific) or ranked comparably therewith.
- (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system.
- (cybernetics) Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
- (linguistics) A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.
- (algebra, universal algebra) An equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
- (algebraic geometry) An algebraic variety.
- The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.
- The production of, or performance in, variety shows.
Synonyms
- (quality of being varied): See also Thesaurus:nonuniformity
- (algebraic geometry): algebraic variety
- (universal algebra): equational class, equational variety, variety of algebras
Hyponyms
- (specific variation of something): cultivar
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- species
- (cybernetics: logarithm): information entropy
Further reading
- variety in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- variety in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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