[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

poly- \pol"y-\ see full, a.
   a combining form or prefix from gr. poly`s, many; as,
   polygon, a figure of many angles; polyatomic, having many
   atoms; polychord, polyconic.
   1913 webster
see also:
full 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

poly \po"ly\, n. l. polium, the name of a plant, perhaps
   teucrium polium, gr. ?. bot.
   a whitish woolly plant teucrium polium of the order
   labiatae, found throughout the mediterranean region. the
   name, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other
   related species of the same genus. spelt also poley.
   1913 webster

   poly mountain. see poly-mountain, in vocabulary.
      1913 webster
see also:
teucrium polium labiatae poley poly mountain poly-mountain 

[3] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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
     
     
see also:
polymorphic block-structured 

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