hybridize

Alternative forms

• hybridise (UK)

Etymology

hybrid +‎ -ize

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd.aɪz/

Verb

hybridize (third-person singular simple present hybridizes, present participle hybridizing, simple past and past participle hybridized)

1. (transitive) to cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids
2. (intransitive) to produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed
3. (transitive) to construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages
4. (physics) to combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals
5. (biochemistry) to combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules