Polytype
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Polytype is a noun meaning Any of the types involved in polytypism.
Meaning
Any of the types involved in polytypism.
More Meanings
- A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc.
- (computing theory) In the Hindley–Milner type system, a data type containing variables bound by one or more ∀ (for-all) quantifiers.
- (transitive) To produce a polytype of.
Example Sentences
to polytype an engraving
Orthochrysotile is a polytype of chrysotile.
Towards the end of the eighteenth century , Professor Wilson of Glasgow , being engaged in a series of experiments for making etchings upon glass with fluoric acid for the purposes of art , thought it possible to make polytypes of glass from engraved copperplates
Word Forms
- polytypes
- polytyping
- polytyped
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include polytypism, polytoky, poly, polylecty, polytenization, polytene.
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