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Diversity : (noun)
1: noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities";
"the range and variety of his work is amazing" [syn: diverseness,
multifariousness, variety]
2: the condition or result of being changed
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Diversity : \Di*ver"si*ty\, n.; pl. Diversities. [F.
diversit['e], L. diversitas, fr. diversus. See Diverse.]
1. A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare
diversity, rise into a contrariety. --South.
2. Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety.
``Diversity of sounds.'' --Shak. ``Diversities of
opinion.'' --Secker.
3. Variegation. ``Bright diversities of day.'' --Pope.
Syn: See Variety.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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