English words for '(rare) polymorphous'
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noun
adj
- Relating to polymorphism (any sense), able to have several shapes or forms.
- (chemistry) Relating to a compound that can crystallizes into two or more distinct forms (e.g. carbon, which can crystalize into coal, graphite, diamond, etc.)
- (programming, of a function) Having or relating to the ability to take multiple data types for a single parameter.
- relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population
- having or occurring in several distinct forms
- relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms
adj
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- (biology) Any organism that shows polymorphism.
- (fiction) The transformation of an item or creature into something different by magic.
- (chemistry, geology) Any substance or mineral that forms different types of crystal.
- an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites
verb
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- (biology) Being or having distinct variants of a plant or animal species in the same locale; polymorphism.
- (mathematics, category theory) (formally) An arrow in a category; (less formally) an abstraction that generalises a map from one mathematical object to another and is structure-preserving in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics from which it arises.
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- (chemistry) Synonym of polymorphism.
- (biology) The occurrence of multiple structural forms during the life cycle of an organism.
- (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound
- (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms
adj
- exhibiting polytypism
- (conservation biology) of a habitat, not dominated by a single species
- (material science) of a substance, able to exist in more than one crystal structure, these differing in one dimension
- (microbiology) of a cell sample, containing several cell types
- (immunology) of an antibody response, involving several antibodies
- (taxonomy) having several different taxa of the next lower rank, especially having several subspecies
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- (biology) Any organism that shows polymorphism.
- (fiction) The transformation of an item or creature into something different by magic.
- (chemistry, geology) Any substance or mineral that forms different types of crystal.
- an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites
verb
noun
- (biology) Being or having distinct variants of a plant or animal species in the same locale; polymorphism.
- (mathematics, category theory) (formally) An arrow in a category; (less formally) an abstraction that generalises a map from one mathematical object to another and is structure-preserving in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics from which it arises.
noun
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- (chemistry) Synonym of polymorphism.
- (biology) The occurrence of multiple structural forms during the life cycle of an organism.
- (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound
- (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms
adj
- Relating to polymorphism (any sense), able to have several shapes or forms.
- (chemistry) Relating to a compound that can crystallizes into two or more distinct forms (e.g. carbon, which can crystalize into coal, graphite, diamond, etc.)
- (programming, of a function) Having or relating to the ability to take multiple data types for a single parameter.
- relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population
- having or occurring in several distinct forms
- relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms
adj
adj
- exhibiting polytypism
- (conservation biology) of a habitat, not dominated by a single species
- (material science) of a substance, able to exist in more than one crystal structure, these differing in one dimension
- (microbiology) of a cell sample, containing several cell types
- (immunology) of an antibody response, involving several antibodies
- (taxonomy) having several different taxa of the next lower rank, especially having several subspecies