polytype noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •Any of the types involved in polytypism.Orthochrysotile is a polytype of chrysotile. •In the Hindley–Milner type system, a data type containing variables bound by one or more ∀ (for-all) quantifiers. •A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. verb1 •To produce a polytype of. formspolytyped · polytyping · polytypes