Definizione monolingua

polymorphism

polymorphism (countable and uncountable; plural polymorphisms)

1. The ability to assume different forms or shapes.
2. (crystallography) The ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure; pleomorphism.
3. (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.
4. (computer science) The feature of object-oriented programming pertaining to the dynamic treatment of data elements based on their type, allowing for an instance of a method to have several definitions.

Definizione dizionario polymorphism

	polimorfismo
	crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form
	biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex
	ability to assume different forms or shapes
	computer science: feature of object-oriented programming
	In an object-oriented programming language, the ability to redefine a routine in a derived class (a class that inherited its data structures and routines from another class).
	In genetics: The occurrence of allelic variation at a locus.
	The ability to assume different forms or shapes.
	In biology: the occurrence of two or more forms in a population.
	In crystallography: the ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure; pleomorphism.

Altri significati:

(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.

(crystallography) The ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure; pleomorphism.

(computer science) The feature of object-oriented programming pertaining to the dynamic treatment of data elements based on their type, allowing for an instance of a method to have several definitions.