多た型けい

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

polymorphism; multiformity

Technical term used in biology (genetic variation within a species) and computer science (objects of different types responding to the same interface). Also used more generally for the quality of having multiple forms.

• この遺い伝でん子しの多た型けいが病びょう気きのリスクに関かん係けいしている。

  Polymorphism in this gene is related to disease risk.

• オブジェクト指し向こうプログラミングでは多た型けいが重じゅう要ような概がい念ねんだ。

  Polymorphism is an important concept in object-oriented programming.