Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Polymorphism \Pol`y*mor"phism\, n.
1. (Crystallog.) Same as {Pleomorphism}.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Biol.)
(a) The capability of assuming different forms; the
capability of widely varying in form.
(b) Existence in many forms; 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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
polymorphism
n 1: (genetics) the genetic variation within a population that
natural selection can operate on
2: (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of
the same chemical compound [syn: {polymorphism},
{pleomorphism}]
3: (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals
within the same animal species (independent of sex
differences)
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