diversity

n., pl., -ties.

1. 1. The fact or quality of being diverse; difference.
   2. A point or respect in which things differ.
2. Variety or multiformity: "Charles Darwin saw in the diversity of species the principles of evolution that operated to generate the species: variation, competition and selection" (Scientific American).

Conditions in which cost objects place different demands on activities, activities place different demands on resources, or processes place different demands on resources. This situation arises, for example, when there is a difference in mix or volume of products that causes an uneven assignment of costs. Different types of diversity include: batch size, customer, market, product mix, distribution channel, and volume.

noun

The quality of being made of many different elements, forms, kinds, or individuals: diverseness, diversification, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness, miscellaneousness, multifariousness, multiformity, multiplicity, variegation, variety, variousness. Biology polymorphism. See same/different/compare.

n

Definition: variety, difference
Antonyms: identicalness, sameness, similarity, uniformity

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The abundance of species within an ecosystem. Alpha diversity or between-habitat diversity refers to the range of organisms within a habitat. If an ecosystem is very crowded, species may only survive in the habitats most favourable for them. This is beta diversity or within-habitat diversity.

The nonsimultaneous occurrence of maximum demands on any given part of a system.

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Variety of life on the planet.

Quotes:

"Since the 1960s, we have seen the failure of the melting pot ideology. This ideology suggested that different historical, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds could be subordinated to a larger ideology or social amalgam which is America. This concept obviously did not work, because paradoxically America encourages a politics of contestation." - Edward Said

"The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government." - James Madison

"Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired." - Robert F. Kennedy

"America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth." - Jesse Jackson

"Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow -- red, yellow, brown, black and white -- and we're all precious in God's sight." - Jesse Jackson

"Diversity: the art of thinking independently together." - Malcolm S. Forbes

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mangfoldighed, variation

Nederlands (Dutch)
verscheidenheid, ongelijkheid

Français (French)
n. - diversité, variété

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vielfalt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανομοιότητα, ποικιλία, ποικιλομορφία

Italiano (Italian)
diversità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - diversidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
разнообразие

Español (Spanish)
n. - variedad, diversidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mångfald

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
差异, 多样性

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 差異, 多樣性

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 다른 점, 변화, 잡다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 相違, 種々, 雑多, 多様性, 相違点

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تنوع, اختلاف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מגוון, גיוון‬

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