polymorphism

Other forms of polymorphism

plural

polymorphisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about polymorphism

What does polymorphism mean?

polymorphism means "(genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in polymorphism?

polymorphism has 4 syllables: po-ly-mor-phism. The stress falls on "mor". In IPA it is /ˌpɑˌliˈmɔɹfɪzm/.

What is another word for polymorphism?

Close synonyms include pleomorphism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is polymorphism a common word?

polymorphism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.