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DIVERSITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The condition or result of being changeable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("diversity" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Derivation:
diversify (vary in order to spread risk or to expand)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Noticeable heterogeneity
Example:
the range and variety of his work is amazing
Synonyms:
diverseness; diversity; multifariousness; variety
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("diversity" is a kind of...):
heterogeneity; heterogeneousness (the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind)
Attribute:
varied (characterized by variety)
unvaried; unvarying (lacking variety)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diversity"):
biodiversity (the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole))
Derivation:
diverse (distinctly dissimilar or unlike)
diverse (many and different)
diversify (make (more) diverse)
Context examples:
That was enough time to show major increases in the number of fish and the diversity of species returning, and that these were staying beyond an initial period.
(Loudspeakers used to attract fish back to dying coral reefs, SciDev.Net)
Each of the world's major regions has a unique ecological and evolutionary history, and these histories continue to strongly influence the distribution and diversity of mammalian life on Earth.
(Connecting the prehistoric past to the global future, National Science Foundation)
Harmony was the soul of our companionship, and the diversity and contrast that subsisted in our characters drew us nearer together.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Light chains use variable (V) and joining (J) elements, whereas heavy chains incorporate an additional diversity (D) element between the V and J elements.
(Immunoglobulin Diversity Region, NCI Thesaurus)
Mutations may be associated with genetic diversity or with pathologies including cancer.
(Mutation, NCI Thesaurus)
The diversity of the eicosanoids and their receptors and their involvement in many disease states makes it likely that this pathway will continue as a major research focus.
(Eicosanoid Metabolism Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The Double-Stranded RNA Binding Domain is found in a variety of RNA-binding proteins with different structures and exhibiting a diversity of functions.
(Double-Stranded RNA Binding Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
In addition, splicing inaccuracies or insertion of additional nucleotides at the segment junctions generate further junctional diversity and somatic hypermutation of V regions, as B-lymphocytes proliferate, create better fitting antigen-binding sites.
(Generation of Antibody Diversity, NCI Thesaurus)
Neptune's dark vortices have exhibited surprising diversity over the years, in terms of size, shape, and stability (they meander in latitude, and sometimes speed up or slow down).
(Hubble Imagery Confirms New Dark Spot on Neptune, NASA)
One year after abandonment, fields had, on average, 38% of the plant diversity and 34% of the plant productivity of the land that was never ploughed.
(Plant biodiversity struggles to return in wake of agricultural abandonment, National Science Foundation)
