Variety

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Variety may refer to:

• Variety (linguistics), a concept that includes for instance dialects, standard language and jargon.
• Variety (biology), a rank in botany below that of species.
• Variety (plant), a legal term.
• Variety (philately), a term in stamp collecting.
• Variety (radio), a format of radio programming.
• Variety (mineralogy), a mineral-subform
• Variety (magazine), an entertainment industry magazine
• Variety, the Children's Charity, an international charity that raises funds to help children with special needs
• Variety show, a name for a genre of musical theatre entertainment
• Variety store, a store with low prices and a variety of merchandise
• In mathematics:
  • Algebraic variety or Projective 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 Projective varieties
  • Abelian variety, a complex torus that can be embedded into projective space
  • Variety (universal algebra), classes of algebraic structures defined by equations in universal algebra
• In film
  • Varieté, a 1925 silent film.
  • Variety (1935 film), a 1935 musical film.
  • Variety (1983 film), a 1983 drama film.