ad-hoc polymorphisms

A form of ad-hoc polymorphism — A kind of polymorphism where polymorphic functions can be applied to arguments of different types, as they can denote a number of distinct and potentially heterogeneous implementations depending on the types of argument to which they are applied.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of ad-hoc polymorphism
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