ad-hoc polymorphism
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Noun
[edit]ad-hoc polymorphism (usually uncountable, plural ad-hoc polymorphisms)
- (computer science) 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.