polymorphic
/ˌpɑliˈmɔrfɪk/
adjective
- Having or taking many different forms, shapes, or stages.
- In biology, polymorphic species like certain butterflies can look very different from one another.
- The artist created a polymorphic sculpture that appeared to shift shape as you walked around it.
- The polymorphic virus changes its code each time it infects a new computer, making it hard to detect.
- In computing, relating to a feature of object-oriented programming where a function or object can work with data of multiple types.
- Understanding polymorphic behavior is key to writing flexible and reusable software.
- The programmer used a polymorphic method to print both numbers and text with the same command.
- Polymorphic code allows a single function to handle different kinds of data efficiently.
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