pleomorphism

Meanings

1. 1
   noun The occurrence of multiple structural forms during the life cycle of an organism
2. 2
   noun The ability to assume different forms or shapes.
3. 3
   noun 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. 4
   noun The feature pertaining to the dynamic treatment of data elements based on their type, allowing for an instance of a method to have several definitions.
5. 5
   noun (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.
6. 6
   noun The ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure; pleomorphism.
7. 7
   noun 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.