Variety

  • 1Variety — may refer to: *Variety (botany), a rank in botany below that of species. *Variety (cybernetics), the number of possible states of a system or of an element of the system. *Variety (linguistics), a concept that includes for instance dialects,… …

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  • 2Variety — Va*ri e*ty, n.; pl. {Varieties}. [L. varietas: cf. F. vari[ e]t[ e]. See {Various}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness. [1913 Webster] Variety is… …

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  • 3variety — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French varieté, from Latin varietat , varietas, from varius various Date: 15th century 1. the quality or state of having different forms or types ; multifariousness 2. a number or… …

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  • 4Variety (magazine) — Variety Editor Timothy M. Gray Categories Trade Entertainment Frequency Weekly and Daily First issue …

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  • 5Variety hybrid — Variety Va*ri e*ty, n.; pl. {Varieties}. [L. varietas: cf. F. vari[ e]t[ e]. See {Various}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 6Variety store — a retail store selling a wide variety of items, especially of low price, as in a {five and ten}. [PJC] …

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  • 7Variety show — A stage entertainment, live or televised, of successive separate performances, usually songs, dances, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches, exhibitions of trained animals, or any specialties. When performed live in a theater, it was often called a… …

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  • 8Variety show — A variety show or variety entertainment is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and comedy skits, and normally introduced by a compère or host. The variety format made its way from Victorian era stage to… …

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  • 9Variety (universal algebra) — This article is about a class of algebraic structures of the same signature. For the set of solutions to a system of polynomial equations, see Algebraic variety. In mathematics, specifically universal algebra, a variety of algebras is the class… …

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  • 10Variety store — 100 Emon at Kohnoike Higashi Osaka City Dollar store redirects here. For Cuban shops that exchange solely in hard currency, see Dollar store (Cuba). Big N redirects here. For the Japanese corporation, see Nintendo. 99 cents store redirects here.… …

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