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Hybridism
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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World English Dictionary
| hybrid (ˈhaɪbrɪd) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an animal or plant resulting from a cross between genetically unlike individuals. Hybrids between different species are usually sterile |
| 2. | anything of mixed ancestry |
| 3. | a vehicle that is powered by an internal-combustion engine and another source of power such as a battery |
| 4. | a word, part of which is derived from one language and part from another, such as monolingual, which has a prefix of Greek origin and a root of Latin origin |
| —adj | |
| 5. | (of a vehicle) powered by more than one source |
| 6. | denoting or being a hybrid; of mixed origin |
| 7. | physics (of an electromagnetic wave) having components of both electric and magnetic field vectors in the direction of propagation |
| 8. | electronics |
| a. (of a circuit) consisting of transistors and valves | |
| b. Compare monolithic (of an integrated circuit) consisting of one or more fully integrated circuits and other components, attached to a ceramic substrate | |
| [C17: from Latin hibrida offspring of a mixed union (human or animal)] | |
| 'hybridism | |
| —n | |
| hy'bridity | |
| —n | |
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