Usually means: Multiple, diverse forms of relationships.
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We found 43 dictionaries that define the word poly:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. poly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. poly, poly(A), poly-: Merriam-Webster
  3. poly, poly-: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. poly, poly-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. poly, poly-: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Poly, po'ly, poly, poly-: Wordnik
  7. poly, poly-: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. -poly, poly, poly(A), poly(C), poly(G), poly(U), poly(p-phenylene vinylene), poly-: Wiktionary
  9. poly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. poly(A), poly(C), poly(u), poly-: Dictionary.com
  11. poly-: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Poly(3-alkylthiophenes), Poly(4-vinylphenol), Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), Poly(amidoamine), Poly(dichlorophosphazene), Poly(dimethylsiloxane), Poly(ethyl methacrylate), Poly(ethylene), Poly(ethylene adipate), Poly(ethylene succinate), Poly(ethylene terephthalate), Poly(hexamethylene carbonate), Poly(hydridocarbyne), Poly(lactic acid), Poly(lactide-co-glycolide), Poly(methacrylic acid), Poly(methyl acrylate), Poly(methyl methacrylate), Poly(methylsilyne), Poly(p-phenylene), Poly(p-phenylene oxide), Poly(p-phenylene sulfide), Poly(p-phenylene vinylene), Poly(propylene carbonate), Poly(sulfur nitride), Poly(trimethylene carbonate), Poly(trimethylene terephthalate), Poly(vinyl alcohol), Poly(vinyl chloride), Poly-, Poly-(N-vinyl carbazole), Poly (company), Poly (website), Poly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Poly-, Poly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. poly, poly-: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. Poly-, Poly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. poly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. poly, poly-: MyWord.info
  18. poly: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  19. poly, poly-: FreeDictionary.org
  20. poly, poly, poly-: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. poly-: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  22. poly: Infoplease Dictionary
  23. poly-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  24. poly, poly: Dictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -poly, poly-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Poly: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Poly(ethene), Poly(vinyl alcohol), Poly, poly-: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. poly: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Poly-: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  6. Poly(ethene), Poly(lactic acid), Poly(sodium styrene sulfonate), Poly(styrenesulfonate), Poly(vinyl alcohol), poly, poly-: Medical dictionary
  7. Poly-: Drug Medical Dictionary
  8. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. POLY-, POLY: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. poly, poly: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. poly, the poly: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (informal) A polytechnic.
noun:  Polyethylene (polythene).
noun:  Polyurethane.
noun:  (chiefly computer graphics) A polygon.
noun:  (uncountable) Polyester.
noun:  (chiefly informal) Polyamory.
noun:  (chiefly informal) A polyamorous person.
noun:  (chiefly informal) A polycule.
adjective:  (chiefly informal) Polyamorous.
verb:  (ambitransitive, video games, roguelikes) To polymorph; to transform by magic.
noun:  A whitish woolly plant (Teucrium polium) of the family Labiatae, found throughout the Mediterranean.

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