Polymorphism

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Polymorphism may refer to:

Biology

• Polymorphism (biology), having multiple alleles of a gene within a population, usually expressing different phenotypes;
• Polymorphism (biophysics), also referred to as lipid polymorphism, the property of amphiphiles that gives rise to various aggregations of lipids;
• Polymorphism, the ability of a plant to produce both quiescent and dormant seeds

Computing

• Polymorphism in object-oriented programming;
• Polymorphic code, self-modifying program code designed to defeat anti-virus programs;
• Type polymorphism, allowing program code to work with various types

Chemistry

• Polymorphism (materials science), the ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure

Miscellaneous

• Polymorphic character of human consciousness (philosophy); see especially Bernard Lonergan and Gerald Walmsley

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See also

• Dimorphism
• Polymorph

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