Diversification

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diversification \Di*ver`si*fi*ca"tion\, n. [See {Diversify}.]
     1. The act of making various, or of changing form or quality.
        --Boyle.
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     2. State of diversity or variation; variegation;


        modification; change; alternation.
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              Infinite diversifications of tints may be produced.
                                                    --Adventurer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  diversification
       n 1: the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or
            in the variety of goods and services offered); "my
            broker recommended a greater diversification of my
            investments"; "he limited his losses by diversification
            of his product line" [syn: {variegation}]
       2: the condition of being varied; "that restaurant's menu lacks
          diversification; every day it is the same"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  127 Moby Thesaurus words for "diversification":
     Proteus, about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment,
     allotropism, allotropy, alteration, amelioration, analysis,
     anatomization, apostasy, atomization, betterment, break,
     capriciousness, change, change of heart, changeability,
     changeableness, choppiness, constructive change, continuity,
     conversion, dappleness, defection, degeneration,
     degenerative change, demarcation, desynonymization, deterioration,
     deviation, difference, differencing, differentiation,
     discontinuity, discrimination, disequalization, disjunction,
     disorder, distinction, distinguishment, divarication, divergence,
     diversion, diversity, division, fitting, flip-flop, gradual change,
     her infinite variety, heterogeneity, heteromorphism, improvement,
     inconsistency, inconstancy, individualization, individuation,
     inequality, instability, irregularity, jerkiness, manifoldness,
     melioration, mercuriality, mitigation, modification, modulation,
     motleyness, multifariousness, multiplicity, mutability,
     nonconformism, nonconformity, nonstandardization, nonuniformity,
     omnifariousness, omniformity, overthrow, particularization,
     personalization, pluralism, polymorphism, qualification,
     radical change, raggedness, re-creation, realignment, redesign,
     reform, reformation, remaking, renewal, reshaping, restructuring,
     reversal, revival, revivification, revolution, segregation,
     separation, severalization, severance, shapeshifter, shift,
     specialization, sudden change, switch, total change, transition,
     turn, turnabout, unconformism, unconformity, unevenness,
     unorthodoxy, unsteadiness, upheaval, variability, variation,
     variegation, variety, variousness, versatility, violent change,
     wavering, worsening