polymorphic

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However, this material is polymorphic, meaning it has multiple phases with different crystalline structures.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2023

The genes that code for each opsin has seven sites in the gene that are polymorphic: They can have different letters of DNA.

From Scientific American • Nov. 1, 2022

A March 2022 study found that the human eye couldn’t tell male polymorphic wood tiger moth genotypes apart — but moth vision models with ultraviolet light sensitivity could.

From The Verge • Apr. 20, 2022

The point is not the actual polymorphic algorithms he might be using to avoid detection, but rather what the scene does mean about his character and to the story.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2019

Genera which are polymorphic in one country seem to be, with a few exceptions, polymorphic in other countries, and likewise, judging from Brachiopod shells, at former periods of time.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles