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Adjective: polymorphic  `pó-lee'mor-fik
  1. Relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms
    "polymorphic crystallization"
    - polymorphous
     
  2. Relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population
    "a polymorphic species"
    - polymorphous
     
  3. Having or occurring in several distinct forms
    "man is both polymorphic and polytypic"
    - polymorphous

See also: multiform, polymorph, polymorphism

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