1/26/2024 0 Comments Poly meta meaning![]() ![]() Likewise, a wizard that casts a poly morph spell in Dungeons & Dragons can turn someone into many different ‘shapes,’ such as a toad or slug. It describes how objects can take on many ‘shapes’ by inheriting attributes from parent classes. In computer programming, you’ll learn in CS 101 the term poly morphism. A great movie character is Morpheus from The Matrix, who helps ‘shape’ the Matrix by dreaming it. The painkiller morphine sends you off into dreamland. Morpheus ‘shaped’ dream images during sleep. The Greek god Morpheus was the god of dreams. A blob is naturally a morphous, since it has no predefined ‘shape,’ but rather constantly changes it. I’m not just talking about having a bad hair day-Gregor has meta morphosed or changed his ‘shape’ into a giant disgusting … bug! You may be most familiar with the meta morphosis that a caterpillar undergoes when its ‘shape’ turns into that of a butterfly.Īn a morphous, or ’shape’less blob was featured in the 1958 classic film The Blob starring Steve McQueen. In that story, Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning, having undergone a startling meta morphosis, or ‘shape’ change. Perhaps you’ve read the short story “The Meta morphosis” by Kafka. A while back I talked to you about the Latin root word ‘form’ which meant ‘shape.’ Its Greek counterpart morph, which also means ‘shape’, has contributed important words to the English language as well. ![]()
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