What is the meaning of Variety?

  1. A deviation or difference.
  2. A specific variation of something.
    1. 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.
      1. A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.

        A deviation or difference.

        A specific variation of something.

        1. 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.
          1. A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.

            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.

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

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

              A specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level; an isolect or lect.

              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.

              A collection or number of different things.

              1. In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.

                In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.

                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).

                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.

                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.).

                1. The quality of being varied; diversity.

                  The quality of being varied; diversity.

                  The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.

                  Source: wiktionary.org