Poly

3 definitions found

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

  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]



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

  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
     {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}.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Poly mountain}. See {Poly-mountain}, in Vocabulary.
        [1913 Webster]

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)