Variety

Variety

Variety 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, standard language and jargon.
*"Variety" (magazine), an entertainment industry newspaper.
*Variety (mineralogy), a mineral-subform
*Variety (numismatics), a term in coin collecting.
*Variety (philately), a term in stamp collecting.
*Variety (plant), a legal term.
*Variety (radio), a format of radio programming.
*Wine variety, or varietal, wines made primarily from a single named grape variety
*Variety show, a name for a genre of musical theatre entertainment
*Variety store, a store with low prices and a variety of merchandise
*Variety, the Children's Charity, an international charity that raises funds to help children with special needs

Mathematics

*Algebraic variety or projective variety, the basic object of study in algebraic geometry
*Affine variety, a subset of algebraic varieties
*Projective variety, a subset of algebraic varieties
*Quasiprojective variety, a subset of algebraic varieties (which includes projecive and affine varieties)
*Abelian variety, a complex torus that can be embedded into projective space
*Variety (universal algebra), classes of algebraic structures defined by equations in universal algebra

Film

* "Varieté", a 1925 silent film.
* "Variety" (1935 film), a 1935 musical film.
* "Variety" (1983 film), a 1983 drama film.

Music

* "Variety" (album), Japanese band Tokyo Jihen's third studio album.
* Variety (recordlabel), a jazzrecord-label (1930's)


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  • 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] Variety is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Variety — es un semanario estadounidense dedicado al mundo del entretenimiento, creado en Nueva York en 1905 por Sime Silverman. Con la importancia alcanzada por la industria del cine, Daily Variety, la edición diaria de Variety con base en Hollywood, fue… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Variety — Специализация: Журнал о событях в мире шоу бизнеса Периодичность: Ежедневные …   Википедия

  • variety — 1 Variety, diversity are comparable when they are used in reference to a group, class, or complex whole and denote the state or quality of being composed of different parts, elements, or individuals. Variety may imply that the things which differ …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • variety — va‧ri‧e‧ty [vəˈraɪəti] noun varieties PLURALFORM [countable] a particular type of a product: • We sell over 50 different varieties of beer. * * * variety UK US /vəˈraɪəti/ noun (plural varieties) ► [C] one particular type of a thing: » …   Financial and business terms

  • Variéty — Album par Rita Mitsouko Sortie avril 2007 Durée 54:00 (édition limitée) Producteur Mark Plati et Les Rita Mitsouko Label Six SARL / Because music …   Wikipédia en Français

  • variety — ► NOUN (pl. varieties) 1) the quality or state of being different or diverse. 2) (a variety of) a number of things of the same general class that are distinct in character or quality. 3) a thing which differs in some way from others of the same… …   English terms dictionary

  • variety — [və rī′ə tē] n. pl. varieties [Fr variété < L varietas] 1. the state or quality of being various or varied; absence of monotony or sameness 2. a different form of some thing, condition, or quality; sort; kind [varieties of cloth] 3. a number… …   English World dictionary

  • variety — [n1] difference array, assortment, change, collection, combo*, conglomeration, cross section, departure, discrepancy, disparateness, divergency, diversification, diversity, fluctuation, heterogeneity, incongruity, intermixture, many sidedness,… …   New thesaurus

  • variety — variety. См. раса. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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