polymorphism
polymorphism is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- albumen
- anabolism
- anatomy
- animated
- antherozoid
- bacteriology
- biology
- bioplasm
- biotaxy
- botany
- chemistry
- chromosome
- cytoplasm
- gamete
- germinal
- history
- invagination
- living
- matter
- metabolism
- metaplasm
- microbiology
- morphology
- mycology
- natural
- naturalist
- nature
- oecology
- ontogeny
- organic
- organism
- organization
- ovary
- ovum
- oxidation
- phylogeny
- physiology
- production
- protein
- protoplasm
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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