hybrid

nounadjectiveattested in dialogue

//ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd//

Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.

noun

1
Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
Lastly, the hybrids or mongrels from between all the domestic breeds of pigeons are perfectly fertile.
2
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
Starting in the mid-1940s, the legendary Danish designer Hans Wegner created a series of chairs inspired by Ming Dynasty furnishings, their streamlined frames a hybrid of imperial Chinese forms and Scandinavian modernism.
3
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies. A hybrid vehicle, especially a car; a vehicle that runs on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
4
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies. A computer that is part analog computer and part digital computer.
5
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies. A bicycle that is a compromise between a road bike and a mountain bike.
6
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies. An electronic circuit constructed of individual devices bonded to a substrate or PCB.
7
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies. A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.
8
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies. A word that is internally macaronic, its elements being derived from different languages.

Etymology

From Latin hybrida, a variant of hibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, an offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”). Attested since 1601, but rare before c. 1850.

adjective

1
Of or composed of mixed origin or composition.
a hybrid mix of jazz and punk
Now, it is difficult, perhaps impossible, to bring forward one case of the hybrid offspring of two animals clearly distinct being themselves perfectly fertile.
2
Of a car, running on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
Brooklyn has opted for hybrid SUVs, at least, to show environmental consciousness.
3
Involving both 2D and 3D animation.

Forms

plural: hybrids
comparative: more hybrid
superlative: most hybrid

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