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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.
variety From the web:
- what variety means
- what variety is the traditional halloween pumpkin
- what variety in art
- what variety of corn is used for popcorn
- what variety of potato is waxy
- what variety are cuties
- what variety of apples are good for baking
- what variety of potato is best for mashing
metamorphosis
English
Etymology
First attested in 1533, from Latin metamorph?sis, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (metamórph?sis), from ???? (metá, “change”) + ????? (morph?, “form”). Analyzable as meta- +? -morph +? -osis
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?t??m??f?s?s/, /?m?t?m???f??s?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m????m??f?s?s/
- (one pronunciation) Rhymes: -??s?s
- Hyphenation: met?a?mor?pho?sis
Noun
metamorphosis (countable and uncountable, plural metamorphoses)
- A transformation, such as one performed by magic.
- A noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition.
- (biology) A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development. (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog.)
- (pathology) A change in the structure of a specific body tissue. Usually degenerative.
Derived terms
Related terms
- metamorphic
- metamorphose
- metamorphosize
- metamorphism
Translations
metamorphosis From the web:
- what metamorphosis mean
- what metamorphosis do grasshoppers have
- what's metamorphism weegy
- what metamorphosis does termite undergo
- what metamorphosis is all about
- what's metamorphosis in art
- what metamorphosis is complete
- what metamorphosis means in spanish
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