diversificationn.

/dɪˌvəːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

/dʌɪˌvəːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Etymology: noun of action < medieval Latin dīversificāre to diversify v.: compare French diversification (14th cent. in Littré).

a. The action of diversifying; the process of becoming diversified; the fact of being diversified; the production of diversity or variety of form or qualities.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > [noun] > change within limits, variation, or modification

variation1502

diversification1603

flexion1603

divisiona1616

amendment1653

variating1653

sophistication1664

modulation1674

vacillation1769

modification1775

variorum1776

modifyinga1853

tropicalization1893

mod1943

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1027 They be passions, accidents, and diversifications of elements.

1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel i. 14 Which diversification..need not be expressed.

1776 S. Johnson Let. 16 Nov. (1992) II. 361 Such an effort annually would give the world a little diversification.

1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xi. 288 He at first was perplexed about the diversification of the pattern.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 116 In the Australian mammals, we see the process of diversification in an early and incomplete stage of development.

b. A diversified condition, form, or structure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > a variant or variation

variance1497

vary1600

variousness1628

varying1628

variegation1668

modification1669

diversificationa1676

variation1699

variant1849

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. ii. 305 Animals..that yet possibly are not of the same Species, but have accidental diversifications.

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 48 The minuter diversifications are called varieties.

c. Economics. The spread of investment over a variety of enterprises, or the production of a variety of different articles, services, etc., often as a safeguard against the effects of fall in demand for a particular product.

ΚΠ

1939 S. R. Dennison Location of Industry i. ii. 38 Industrial diversification will result in the development of subsidiary and complementary industries, and also of entirely new lines of manufacture.

1944 A. Cairncross Introd. Econ. ii. vi. 76 Such diversification makes the firm less vulnerable to sudden changes and allows it to remain a going concern where smaller, less diversified concerns would be forced to give up business.

1971 Brit. Printer Jan. 104/1 A stone-layer, named Hans Rüegger, venturing into an early example of diversification, added a printing shop to his business.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	diversification
释义	diversificationn. /dɪˌvəːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən//dʌɪˌvəːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ Etymology: noun of action < medieval Latin dīversificāre to diversify v.: compare French diversification (14th cent. in Littré). a. The action of diversifying; the process of becoming diversified; the fact of being diversified; the production of diversity or variety of form or qualities. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [noun] > change within limits, variation, or modification variation1502 diversification1603 flexion1603 divisiona1616 amendment1653 variating1653 sophistication1664 modulation1674 vacillation1769 modification1775 variorum1776 modifyinga1853 tropicalization1893 mod1943 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1027 They be passions, accidents, and diversifications of elements. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel i. 14 Which diversification..need not be expressed. 1776 S. Johnson Let. 16 Nov. (1992) II. 361 Such an effort annually would give the world a little diversification. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xi. 288 He at first was perplexed about the diversification of the pattern. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 116 In the Australian mammals, we see the process of diversification in an early and incomplete stage of development. b. A diversified condition, form, or structure. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > a variant or variation variance1497 vary1600 variousness1628 varying1628 variegation1668 modification1669 diversificationa1676 variation1699 variant1849 a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. ii. 305 Animals..that yet possibly are not of the same Species, but have accidental diversifications. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 48 The minuter diversifications are called varieties. c. Economics. The spread of investment over a variety of enterprises, or the production of a variety of different articles, services, etc., often as a safeguard against the effects of fall in demand for a particular product. ΚΠ 1939 S. R. Dennison Location of Industry i. ii. 38 Industrial diversification will result in the development of subsidiary and complementary industries, and also of entirely new lines of manufacture. 1944 A. Cairncross Introd. Econ. ii. vi. 76 Such diversification makes the firm less vulnerable to sudden changes and allows it to remain a going concern where smaller, less diversified concerns would be forced to give up business. 1971 Brit. Printer Jan. 104/1 A stone-layer, named Hans Rüegger, venturing into an early example of diversification, added a printing shop to his business. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1603
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