"multimethod" meaning in All languages combined

See multimethod on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: multi- + method Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|method}} multi- + method Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} multimethod (not comparable)
  1. Employing multiple methods. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-multimethod-en-adj-~ywpgFFo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: multi-method

Noun [English]

Forms: multimethods [plural]
Etymology: multi- + method Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|method}} multi- + method Head templates: {{en-noun}} multimethod (plural multimethods)
  1. (object-oriented programming) A method that uses multiple dispatch, allowing various implementations to be called depending on the types of the arguments. Categories (topical): Object-oriented programming Translations (object-oriented programming): multiméthode [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-multimethod-en-noun-umEj93W1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with multi- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with multi-: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: multi-method

Inflected forms

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