Variety

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Variety may refer to:

• Variety (botany), a rank in botany below that of species.
• Variety (cybernetics), the number of possible states of a system or of an element of the system.
• Variety (linguistics), a concept that includes, for instance, dialects, standard language and jargon.
• Variety (magazine), an entertainment industry newspaper.
• Variety (mineralogy), a mineral-subform
• Variety (numismatics), a term in coin collecting.
• Variety (philately), a term in stamp collecting.
• Variety (plant), a legal term.
• Variety (US radio), a format of radio programming.
• Wine variety, or varietal wines made primarily from a single named grape variety
• Variety show, a name for a genre of musical theatre entertainment
• Variety store, a store with low prices and a variety of merchandise
• Variety, the Children's Charity, an international charity that raises funds to help children with special needs
• Variety (racehorse), a competitor who failed to complete the 1848 Grand National

[edit] Mathematics

• Abelian variety, a complex torus that can be embedded into projective space
• Abstract variety, an intrinsically defined variety
• Algebraic variety, the basic object of study in algebraic geometry
  • Affine variety, a subset of algebraic varieties
  • Projective variety, a subset of algebraic varieties
  • Quasiprojective variety, a subset of algebraic varieties (which includes projective and affine varieties)
• Variety (universal algebra), classes of algebraic structures defined by equations in universal algebra

[edit] Film

• Varieté, a 1925 silent film.
• Variety (1935 film), a 1935 musical film.
• Variety (1983 film), a 1983 drama film.

[edit] Music

• Variety (album), Japanese band Tokyo Jihen's third studio album.
• Variety (recordlabel), a jazz record-label (1930's)

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