A vs Polymorphism - What's the difference?
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The first letter of the .
(Marks the first item in a list)
A hypothetical item or person designated first when there are more than one.
The hexadecimal digit for 10
A standard size of dry cell battery slightly larger than a AA battery.
A system of paper sizes with similar proportions, as , etc.
Symbol for the element Argon (Since 1956 has been changed to Ar).
area
ampere, a unit of electrical current.
IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for adenine in genetic code.
IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for alanine in proteins.
Austria
Image:Latin A.png, Capital and lowercase versions of A , in normal and italic type
File:Fraktur letter A.png, Uppercase and lowercase A in Fraktur
File:UncialA-01.svg, A in uncial script
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The ability to assume different forms or shapes.
(biology) The coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents.
(computer science) The feature of object-oriented programming pertaining to the dynamic treatment of data elements based on their type, allowing for an instance of a method to have several definitions. (en)
(mathematics, type theory) The property of certain typed formal systems of allowing for the use of type variables and binders/quantifiers over those type variables; likewise, the property of certain expressions (within such typed formal systems) of making use of at least one such typed variable.
(crystallography) The ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure; pleomorphism.
(genetics) The regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population; also, variability of amino acid sequences within a gene's protein.
* 1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 137:
* 2004 , (Richard Dawkins), The Ancestor's Tale , Phoenix 2005, p. 63:
As a letter a
is the letter a with a tilde.As a noun polymorphism is
the ability to assume different forms or shapes.a
Translingual
Etymology 1
From (etyl) letter .Letter
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(Latn-script) *Symbol
(head)- A . Go to the store. B. Get some food. C. Return home. D. Eat.
- Person A had 5 apples, and person B...
- 0x0000000A
- The value is hexadecimal A 0, or decimal 160.
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* (previous) , (next) BEtymology 2
Abbreviation of various terms.Symbol
(head)Abbreviation
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{{Letter, page=A , NATO=Alpha , Morse=·– , Character=A1 , Braille=? }}External links
* (wikipedia "A")References
polymorphism
English
(wikipedia polymorphism)Noun
- Since 1990 they have found an entirely new role: they promise understanding of how and why our genes are all so different. They hold the key to human polymorphism .
- Some polymorphisms can be quite stable – so stable that they span the change from an ancestral to a descendant species.
