/di verr'seuh fi kay"sheuhn, duy-/ , n.
1. the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
2. the act or practice of manufacturing a variety of products, investing in a variety of securities, selling a variety of merchandise, etc., so that a failure in or an economic slump affecting one of them will not be disastrous.
[ 1595-1605; diversification- (s. of diversificatio ). See DIVERSIFY, -FICATION ]