English Explanatory Dictionary

hybridize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To form a mixture of any kind.
  2. To cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids.
  3. To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed.
  4. To construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages.
  5. To combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals.
  6. To combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules.

Pronunciation

/ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd.aɪz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hybridize.wav

Word forms

hybridize hybridizes hybridizing hybridized hybridise

Etymology

From hybrid + -ize.

Derived words

autohybridize cohybridize crosshybridize dehybridize hybridizability hybridizable hybridizer mishybridize nonhybridized posthybridized prehybridize rehybridize unhybridized
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