polymorphic
adjective/ˌpɒliˈmɔrfɪk/
Frequency rank: #19,337 most common English word
Meaning
Having or occurring in several different forms or types.
Example sentence
The software was designed to handle polymorphic data structures that could change their form at runtime.
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