hybridization

[hahy-bri-dahyz]

hy·brid·ize

[hahy-bri-dahyz] verb, hy·brid·ized, hy·brid·iz·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
2.
to breed or cause the production of (a hybrid).
3.
to form in a hybrid manner.
verb (used without object)
4.
to produce hybrids.
5.
to cause the production of hybrids by crossing.
6.
to form a double-stranded nucleic acid of two single strands of DNA or RNA, or one of each, by allowing the base pairs of the separate strands to form complementary bonds.
7.
to fuse two cells of different genotypes into a hybrid cell.

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Also, especially British, hy·brid·ise.


Origin:
1835–45; hybrid + -ize

hy·brid·iz·a·ble, adjective
hy·brid·i·za·tion, noun
hy·brid·ist, hy·brid·iz·er, noun
in·ter·hy·brid·ize, verb (used without object), in·ter·hy·brid·ized, in·ter·hy·brid·iz·ing.
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hybridize or hybridise (ˈhaɪbrɪˌdaɪz)
 
vb
to produce or cause to produce hybrids; crossbreed
 
hybridise or hybridise
 
vb
 
'hybridizable or hybridise
 
adj
 
'hybridisable or hybridise
 
adj
 
hybridi'zation or hybridise
 
n
 
hybridi'sation or hybridise
 
n
 
'hybridizer or hybridise
 
n
 
'hybridiser or hybridise
 
n

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hybridization definition


Producing offspring from parents of different stock.

Note: Hybridization is used extensively in agriculture, where new forms of hardy and disease-resistant plants are produced commercially.
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