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Definition: Polymorphic |
PolymorphicAdjective1. (chemistry) relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms; "polymorphous crystalzation". 2. (biology) relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population; "a polymorphic species". 3. Having or occurring in several distinct forms; "man is both polymorpphic and polytypic"; "a polymorphous god". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "polymorphic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Polymorphic polymorphism. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Health | Occurring in several or many forms; appearing in different forms at different stages of development. (references) |
Science | Having several or many morphological variants. (references) |
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Synonym: PolymorphicSynonym: polymorphous (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Polymorphic |
| English words defined with "polymorphic": Monomorphous ♦ polymorphous ♦ Trimorphous. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "polymorphic": Alex ♦ Chondrocytes, CPL ♦ Debrisoquin, Dentate Gyrus ♦ functor, FX-87 ♦ Genes, MHC Class I, Genes, MHC Class II ♦ Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, Histocompatibility Antigens Class II, HLA-A Antigens, HLA-B Antigens, HLA-DP Antigens, HLA-DQ Antigens ♦ IFX, Islands of Calleja ♦ LAURE, list comprehension ♦ Merozoite Surface Protein 1, Miranda, Mossy Fibers, Hippocampal ♦ Objective CAML, Olga ♦ Persistent Functional Language, polymorphic lambda-calculus, PPL ♦ random amplified polymorphic DNA, Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique ♦ SML, SML#, System F ♦ Trafola-H, Tree Transformation Language, typed lambda-calculus ♦ Xfun ♦ Yale Haskell. (references) |
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| "Polymorphic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.50% of the time. "Polymorphic" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 97.5% | 39 | 55,036 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 40 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "polymorphic": random amplified polymorphic DNA ♦ Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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polymorphic light eruption | 34 |
blood cell polymorphic white | 29 |
polymorphic | 19 |
polymorphic ringtone | 16 |
free polymorphic ringtone | 13 |
polymorphic virus | 9 |
polymorphic ring tone | 8 |
eruption polymorphic pregnancy | 5 |
free polymorphic ring tone | 4 |
eruptions light polymorphic | 3 |
polymorphic encryption | 2 |
chair polymorphic | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "polymorphic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 多形. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | polymorf (pleomorphic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | polymorf (polymorphism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | polymorfinen, multiforminen, monimuotoinen (complex, complicated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | polymorphe (polymorph, polymorphous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vielgestaltig (variform), polymorph. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πολύμορφος (pleomorphic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | polimorf, többalakú. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | polimorfo (polymorphous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 다형태. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yl-chrooagh (multiform). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olymorphicpay polimorfo (multilateral, polynesian). (various references) полиморфный (polymorphous). (various references) polimórfico. (various references) поліморфний (polymorphous). (various references) nhiều dạng (diversiform, multiform, polymorphous, variform). (various references) amlffurf. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "polymorphic": polymorphically. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "polymorphic" (pronounced pÄ'lēmô"rfik) |
| 6 | -m ô" r f i k | anthropomorphic, dimorphic, metamorphic. |
| 5 | -ô" r f i k | orphic. |
| 3 | -f i k | autotrophic, calligraphic, catastrophic, choreographic, delphic, demographic, epigraphic, ethnographic, geographic, geostrophic, graphic, heterotrophic, hieroglyphic, holographic, honorific, horrific, hydrographic, lithographic, logographic, micrographic, nonspecific, oceanographic, orographic, Pacific, philosophic, photographic, pornographic, prolific, pseudoscientific, reprographic, scientific, specific, stenographic, stereographic, stratigraphic, terrific, topographic, traffic, transpacific, unscientific. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-i-l-m-o-o-p-p-r-y" | |
-2 letters: polymorph. | |
-3 letters: choppily, propylic. | |
-4 letters: chromyl, morphic, pyloric, roomily. | |
-5 letters: chippy, chirpy, choppy, chromo, comply, crimpy, holmic, homily, moloch, morpho, myopic, orchil, orphic, phylic, pimply, policy, polypi, poorly, primly, propyl, pylori, richly, ripply, ropily. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-i-l-m-o-o-p-p-r-y" | |
+4 letters: microsporophyll, polymorphically. | |
+5 letters: chemoprophylaxis, microsporophylls. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 6C 79 6D 6F 72 70 68 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- .-.. -.--. -- --- .-. .--. .... .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01101100 01111001 01101101 01101111 01110010 01110000 01101000 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o l y m o r p h i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 006C 0079 006D 006F 0072 0070 0068 0069 0063 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5081789179818482747569 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, китайский, китаец, chino, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, датский, danés, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, 네덜란", Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, голландский, holandés, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã" |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, финский, finlandés, finés, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, "랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, французский, francés, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, немецкий, alemán, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, греческий, грек, griego, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, Groegwr |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, húngaro, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, кореец, корейский, coreano, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugués, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruso, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, español, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | 乌克兰, Oekraïens, ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ucranio, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnameser, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
Welsh | geirlyfr, geiriadur, diffiniad, darnodiad, trosiad | 威"士, 威爾士語 , Wels, gallois, walisisch, ουάλλοσ, ουαλλικόσ, δεν πληρώνω τα οφειλόμενα, walesi, gallese, Bretnagh, galês, уэльский, galés, у"льський, не віддати гроші, валлійська мова, валлійський, валлійці, Cymreig |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, inglés, англійський, англійці, англійська мова, Saesneg |
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