ALL meanings of polymorphic
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P p - abbreviation Technical meaning of POLYMORPHIC polymorphism 3
- noun Definition of polymorphic in Technology (theory, programming) The ability to leave parts of a type in a typed language unspecified. The term has three distinct uses: * Parametric polymorphism refers to the use of type variables in a strongly typed language. * Overloading, sometimes called ad-hoc polymorphism, means using the same syntax for different types. * object-orientated polymorphism allows a variable to refer to objects whose class is not known at compile time. 1
- adjective polymorphic taking several forms 1
- noun polymorphic Biology. an organism having more than one adult form, as the different castes in social ants. 1
- noun polymorphic Crystallography. any of the crystal forms assumed by a substance that exhibits polymorphism. 1
- noun polymorphic Anatomy. granulocyte. 1