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Terms vs Polytype - What's the difference?

terms | polytype |

As nouns the difference between terms and polytype

is that terms is while polytype is any of the types involved in polytypism.

As a verb polytype is

to produce a polytype of.

terms

English

Noun

(head)

    • Statistics

    * ----

    polytype

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the types involved in polytypism.
    • Orthochrysotile is a polytype of chrysotile.
  • A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc.
  • * Hansard
    • By pressing the wood cut into semifluid metal, an intaglio matrix is produced: and from this matrix, in a similar way, a polytype in relief is obtained.

    Verb

    (polytyp)
  • To produce a polytype of.
    • to polytype an engraving