variëty

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A deviation or difference.

   “The difference, therefore, in theſe animals, ariſes rather from their habits than their confirmation; and, upon examination, there will be leſs variety found betvween them than between birds that live upon land, and thoſe that ſwim upon the water.”

2. isim A specific variation of something.

   “The ſpirit of that competition burns / With all varieties of ill by turns, / Each vainly magnifies his own ſucceſs, / Reſents his fellows, wiſhes it were leſs, […]”

3. isim An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals or plants of the same species; a strain or cultivar.

   “Many more ſorts of varieties of theſe kindes [of Aconitum anthora] there are, but theſe onely, as the moſt ſpecious, are nourſed vp in Floriſts Gardens for pleaſure; the other are kept by ſuch as are Catholicke obſeruers of all natures ſtore.”

4. isim A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.

   “Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum is a variety of Capsicum annuum commonly known as chiltepin or Indian pepper.”

5. isim A specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level.

   “Near-synonym: dialect (sometimes synonymous)”

6. isim A stamp, or set of stamps, which has one or more characteristics (such as colour, paper, etc.) differing from other stamps in the same issue, especially if such differences are intentionally introduced.
7. isim A collection or number of different things.

   “But nether in this maner, nor any other particular procedyng, can we ſufficiently direct yow: but, notyng unto yow the generalitees of our deſyre, referr yow to apply your doings to the varieté and occurrency of thyngs there.”

8. isim In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
9. isim Ellipsis of algebraic variety (“the set of solutions of a given system of polynomial equations over the real or complex numbers; any of certain generalisations of such a set that preserves the geometric intuition implicit in the original definition”).
10. isim The total number of distinct states of a system; also, the logarithm to the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
11. isim Ellipsis of variety performance or variety show (“a type of entertainment featuring a succession of short, unrelated performances by various artistes such as (depending on the medium) acrobats, comedians, dancers, magicians, singers, etc.”).
12. isim The quality of being varied; diversity.

    “Variety is the spice of life.”

13. isim The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
14. isim Rare spelling of variety.

    “2. Nay, every single lie is attended with such a variëty of circumstances which lead to a detection, that it is often discovered.”