Definitions from Wiktionary (polymorphism)

▸ noun:  The ability to assume different forms or shapes.
▸ noun:  (biology) The coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents.
▸ noun:  (object-oriented programming) A feature pertaining to the dynamic treatment of data elements based on their type, allowing for a method to have several definitions.
▸ noun:  (mathematics, type theory) The property of certain typed formal systems of allowing for the use of type variables and binders/quantifiers over those type variables; likewise, the property of certain expressions (within such typed formal systems) of making use of at least one such typed variable.
▸ noun:  (crystallography) The ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure; pleomorphism.
▸ noun:  (genetics) The regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population; also, variability of amino acid sequences within a gene's protein.
▸ Also see polymorphism




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