 3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Poly- \Pol"y-\ [See {Full}, adjective]
A combining form or prefix from Gr. poly's, many; as,
polygon, a figure of many angles; polyatomic, having many
atoms; polychord, polyconic.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Poly \Po"ly\, noun [L. polium, the name of a plant, perhaps
Teucrium polium, Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
A whitish woolly plant ({Teucrium Polium}) of the order
{Labiat[ae]}, found throughout the Mediterranean region. The
name, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other
related species of the same genus. [Spelt also {poley}.]
{Poly mountain}. See {Poly-mountain}, in Vocabulary.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Poly
1. A {polymorphic}, {block-structured} language
developed by D.C.J. Matthews at Cambridge in the early 1980s.
["An Overview of the Poly Programming Language", D.C.J.
Matthews, in Data Types and Persistence,
M.P. Atkinson et al eds, Springer 1988].
2. A language developed at Saint Andrews University, Scotland.
[Software Practice & Exp, Oct 1986].
3. A {polymorphic} language used in the referenced book.
["Polymorphic Programming Languages", David M. Harland, Ellis
Horwood 1984].
(2000-11-07)
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