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polymorphic - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'polymorphic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Polymorphic [ a.]
- Polymorphous.

Meaning of 'polymorphic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . polymorphic [ a]
Meaning (1):
- relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population
Example in sentence:
  • a polymorphic species
Meaning (2):
- relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms
Example in sentence:
  • polymorphous crystallization
3 . polymorphic [ s]
Meaning (3):
- having or occurring in several distinct forms
Example in sentence:
  • a polymorphous god;
  • man is both polymorphic and polytypic