diversity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: diversity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for diversity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diversity n noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities"; "the range and variety of his work is amazing" Synonym(s): diverseness, diversity, multifariousness, variety the condition or result of being changeable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diversity \Diver"sity\, n.; pl. {Diversities}. [F. diversit[82], 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. [bd]Diversity of sounds.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Diversities of opinion.[b8] --Secker. 3. Variegation. [bd]Bright diversities of day.[b8] --Pope. Syn: See {Variety}.