Polymorphism

Meaning

Noun

●

The ability to

different

or shapes.

●

In Biology:

The

, in the same

, of two or more

of

, not

by

, but

from common parents.

●

In Object-oriented programming:

The

to the

treatment of

based on their type,

an

of a method to have several definitions.

●

In Mathematics:

The

of certain

of

the use of type

and binders/quantifiers over those type

;

, the

of certain

(within such

) of

of

one such

variable.

●

In Crystallography:

The ability of a

to

in more than one form or

structure; pleomorphism.

●

In Genetics:

The

of two or more different

within a given

or

; also,

of

within a gene's protein.

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Origin

polymorphism

English

-morphism

English

poly-

English

πολύς

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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