Meaning

• The quality of being varied; diversity.

  "Variety is the spice of life."

• A specific variation of something.

• A number of different things.

• A state of constant change.

• A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species and subspecies.

• The total number of distinct states of a system.

• Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.

• A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.

• (universal algebra) An equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.

• An algebraic variety.

• The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.

• The production of, or performance in, variety shows.