Associations to the word «Polymorphic»

Wiktionary

POLYMORPHIC, adjective. Relating to polymorphism (any sense), able to have several shapes or forms
POLYMORPHIC, adjective. (programming) (of a function) able to take multiple data types

Dictionary definition

POLYMORPHIC, adjective. Relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms; "polymorphous crystallization".
POLYMORPHIC, adjective. Relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population; "a polymorphic species".
POLYMORPHIC, adjective. Having or occurring in several distinct forms; "man is both polymorphic and polytypic"; "a polymorphous god".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats