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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
polymorphous is an adjective meaning "relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms". It carries 3 recorded senses.
relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms
“polymorphous crystallization”
chemistry
relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population
“a polymorphic species”
biology
having or occurring in several distinct forms
“man is both polymorphic and polytypic”
“a polymorphous god”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for polymorphous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.