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Meaning of polytype | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Any of the types involved in polytypism.
  2. A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc.
  3. In the Hindley–Milner type system, a data type containing variables bound by one or more ∀ (for-all) quantifiers.

Equivalents

Français polytypé

Examples

“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”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

polytypism polytypy polytyrosine polyubiquitin polyubiquitination polyubiquitylation

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