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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
diversity
n 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 variable
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