different between variety vs subdivision
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
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- what variety of apples are good for baking
- what variety of potato is best for mashing
subdivision
English
Etymology
From sub- +? division.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?bd?v???n/
Noun
subdivision (countable and uncountable, plural subdivisions)
- (countable, uncountable) A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
- (countable) Such a piece that has been divided.
- Work on one subdivision at a time.
- (countable) A parcel of land that has been divided into lots.
- (countable) A group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area.
- They're putting in a new subdivision out past Black Ranch Road.
- (Philippines) A gated community.
- 1999, Vicente L. Rafael, Figures of Criminality in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Colonial Vietnam, SEAP Publications (?ISBN), page 81:
- ... By the 1970s, cattle rustling had fallen by the wayside, as tractors replaced carabaos and industrial estates and residential subdivisions supplanted rice fields as the mainstays of Cavite's suburban northern towns.
- 2014, Rodelio B. Carating, Raymundo G. Galanta, Clarita D. Bacatio, The Soils of the Philippines, Springer Science & Business (?ISBN), page 51:
- As the farms give way to the residential subdivisions and industrial estates, the centuries-old traditional Filipino houses, slightly raised above grounds and standing on stilts, are abandoned in the quest for more living space.
- 1999, Vicente L. Rafael, Figures of Criminality in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Colonial Vietnam, SEAP Publications (?ISBN), page 81:
Derived terms
- subdiv.
Translations
Verb
subdivision (third-person singular simple present subdivisions, present participle subdivisioning, simple past and past participle subdivisioned)
- (uncommon) To separate something into smaller pieces.
Translations
French
Noun
subdivision f (plural subdivisions)
- subdivision
subdivision From the web:
- what subdivision do i live in
- what subdivision is an address in
- what subdivision is georgia
- what subdivisions exist for the posterior aspect
- what subdivision do skates and rays belong to
- what subdivision means
- what subdivision of the ear houses the cochlea
- what subdivision do the busbys live in
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