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polymorphous (comparative more polymorphous, superlative most polymorphous)

1. Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles
   • 1907, Alfred Binet, anonymous translator, The Mind and the Brain, Book III Chapter II:

     Idealism is an exceedingly complex system, varying much with varying authors, very polymorphous, and consequently very difficult to discuss.

2. (biology) Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms
   • 1913, R. Chodat in Popular Science Monthly Volume 82 Janauay 1913, A Grain of Wheat

     In order to establish itself in any locality a plant must hold its own against competitors which, masters of the soil from time immemorial, have been selected to fit the soil and climate. Moreover, emmer is not cultivated anywhere in Palestine. This wild wheat is furthermore a different plant from any known in cultivation, a polymorphous race, no doubt, but a distinct one.

3. (chemistry) Crystallizing in two or more different forms; polymorphic

同意語

• (having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles): multiform, polymorphic, protean; See also Thesaurus:multiform

反意語

• amorphous

(antonym(s) of “in biology”): monomorphic

派生語

関連する語

• polymorph
• polymorphic
• polymorphism

参照

• “polymorphous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “polymorphous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “polymorphous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.