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noun
The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.
The linear combination of atomic orbitals in a molecule to form hybrid orbitals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.
The process of breeding a mixed offspring from two different strains or species of animal or plant
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, including, uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: hybridism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.
The formation of double-stranded nucleic acid by complementary base-pairing
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
the conversion of a fleet of vehicles to hybrids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: transport
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noun
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
Narrower terms: dihybrid cross, monohybrid cross, reciprocal cross, reciprocal, testcross, test-cross
History
* hybrid + -ization
Across languages
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