polymorphic
adjective/ˌpɒliˈmɔrfɪk/
Frequency rank: #19,337 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
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.
Synonyms & related words
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