Meaning & use
Monomorphic
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Having or occurring in only one form; not varying in shape, structure, or type.
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The species is monomorphic, meaning males and females look identical.
In programming, a monomorphic function operates on only a single fixed type.
A note on using this word
Used in biology to describe organisms without variation between sexes, and in computer science to describe code that operates on one type.
Words with a similar meaning
uniformsingle-formed
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polymorphic
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