variety

noun

• 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.