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Diversity may refer to: Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ...

  • Multiculturalism, the ideology of including people of diverse cultural and religious backgrounds
  • Diversity (politics), the political and social policy of encouraging tolerance for people of different backgrounds
  • Diversity (business), the business tactic which encourages diversity to better serve a heterogeneous customer base
    • Diversity training, the process of educating employees, students or volunteers to function in a diverse environment
  • Biodiversity, the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem
  • Diversity scheme, a method for improving the reliability of message signal by using multiple communications channels
  • Diversity jurisdiction, a concept under which U.S. federal courts can hear suits between parties from different states

The term multiculturalism generally refers to a state of both cultural and ethnic diversity within the demographics of a particular social space. ... Recently diversity has been used in a political context to justify recruiting international students or employees. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Diversity (politics). ... Diversity training is training provided by an organization, usually with the stated purpose of treating diversity as an opportunity and promoting the ability of students and workers from a great variety of backgrounds to cooperate productively and make as great a contribution as possible to organizational goals. ... Rainforests are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth Biodiversity is the variation of taxonomic life forms within a given ecosystem, biome or for the entire Earth. ... Terrestrial microwave radio system with two antenna arrays configured for space-diversity In telecommunications, a diversity scheme refers to a method for improving the reliability of a message signal by utilizing two or more communication channels with different characteristics. ... Diversity jurisdiction is a term used in civil procedure to refer to the situation in which a United States district court has subject matter jurisdiction to hear a civil case because the parties are diverse, meaning that they come from different states. ...

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Diversification in finance involves spreading investments around into many types of investments, including stocks, mutual funds, bonds, and cash. ... Diversification is a form of growth marketing strategy for a company. ... Look up pluralism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In ecology, a diversity index is a statistic which is intended to measure the biodiversity of an ecosystem. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

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Diversity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1844 words)
Diversity is the presence of a wide range of variation in the qualities or attributes under discussion.
The "business case for diversity", as it is often phrased, is that in a global and diverse marketplace, a company whose race and sex composition mirrors the demographics of the marketplace it serves is better equipped to thrive in that marketplace than a company whose appearance is different from its market's appearance.
Business diversity consultants and diversity trainers often treat the social consequences of diversity as secondary; their primary focus is to enable the company to function in a heterogeneous or global economy.
diversity: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.com (2335 words)
Diversity reception refers to a technique of monitoring multiple frequencies from the same signal source, or multiple radios and antennas monitoring the same frequency, in order to combat signal fade and interference (see also Antenna diversity).
Diversity is based on the fact that individual channels experience independent fading events there are three main types of space diversities in telecommunication 1.
The "business case for diversity", as it is often phrased, is that in a global and diverse marketplace, a company whose makeup mirrors the makeup of the marketplace it serves is better equipped to thrive in that marketplace than a company whose makeup is homogeneous.
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