polymorphism

  • 1Polymorphism — or dimorphism may refer to: Contents 1 Biology 2 Computing 3 Chemistry …

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  • 2Polymorphism — Pol y*mor phism, n. 1. (Crystallog.) Same as {Pleomorphism}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) (a) The capability of assuming different forms; the capability of widely varying in form. (b) Existence in many forms; the coexistence, in the same locality,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3polymorphism — polymorphism. См. полиморфизм. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

    Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • 4polymorphism —  Polymorphism  Полиморфизм   Способность некоторых минералов и иных кристаллических веществ существовать при одном и том же химическом составе в состояниях с различной атомной кристаллической структурой. Каждое из таких состояний… …

    Толковый англо-русский словарь по нанотехнологии. - М.

  • 5polymorphism — [päl΄i môr′fiz΄əm] n. [ POLYMORPH(OUS) + ISM] 1. Chem. Mineralogy the property of certain substances of crystallizing in two or more different forms or systems 2. Biol. the condition in which a species has two or more very different morphological …

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  • 6polymorphism — polymorphistic, adj. /pol ee mawr fiz euhm/, n. 1. the state or condition of being polymorphous. 2. Crystall. crystallization into two or more chemically identical but crystallographically distinct forms. 3. Biol. the existence of an organism in… …

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  • 7polymorphism — 1. The occurrence of allelic variation at a locus. Polymorphism in nucleotide sequences has provided powerful diagnostic tools. See: DNA diagnostics, microsatellites, restriction fragment length polymorphism 2. The occurrence of two or more forms …

    Glossary of Biotechnology

  • 8Polymorphism — A variation in the DNA that is too common to be due merely to new mutation. A polymorphism must have a frequency of at least 1% in the population. Examples of polymorphisms include the genes for sickle cell disease, thalassemia and G6PD… …

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  • 9polymorphism — polimorfizmas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Medžiagų savybė būti kelių skirtingos struktūros atmainų. atitikmenys: angl. polymorphism rus. полиморфизм …

    Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 10polymorphism — polimorfizmas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. polymorphy; polymorphism vok. Polymorphie, f; Polymorphismus, m rus. полиморфизм, m; полиморфия, f pranc. polymorphisme, m …

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