[hahy-brid] 
| 1. | the offspring of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, species, or genera, esp. as produced through human manipulation for specific genetic characteristics. |
| 2. | a person or group of persons produced by the interaction or crossbreeding of two unlike cultures, traditions, etc. |
| 3. | anything derived from heterogeneous sources, or composed of elements of different or incongruous kinds: a hybrid of the academic and business worlds. |
| 4. | a word composed of elements originally drawn from different languages, as television, whose components come from Greek and Latin. |
| 5. | bred from two distinct races, breeds, varieties, species, or genera. |
| 6. | composite; formed or composed of heterogeneous elements. |
| 7. | composed of elements originally drawn from different languages, as a word. |
| hy·brid (hī'brĭd) n.
[Latin hibrida, hybrida, mongrel.] hy'brid·ism n., hy'brid·ist n., hy·brid'i·ty (hī-brĭd'ĭ-tē) n. |
| hybrid (hī'brĭd) Pronunciation Key
An organism that is the offspring of two parents that differ in one or more inheritable characteristics, especially the offspring of two different varieties of the same species or the offspring of two parents belonging to different species. In agriculture and animal husbandry, hybrids of different varieties and species are bred in order to combine the favorable characteristics of the parents. Hybrids often display hybrid vigor. The mule, which is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse, is an example of a hybrid. It is strong for its size and has better endurance and a longer useful lifespan than its parents. However, mules are sterile, as are many animals that are hybrids between two species. |
Hybrid
A concurrent object-oriented language.
["Active Objects in Hybrid", O.M. Nierstrasz, SIGPLAN Notices 22(12):243-253 (OOPSLA '87) (Dec 1987)].
(1994-12-07)