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Hybrid
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- 1 Of or composed of mixed origin or composition.
"a hybrid mix of jazz and punk"
- 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.
- 1 produced by crossbreeding wordnet
- 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 (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species wordnet
- 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).
"Toyota Motor Corp. detailed plans to invest $912 million to increase output of hybrid components and vehicles across five states, part of a broader $10 billion commitment in the US over the next five years. Factories in West Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and Missouri will see 252 new jobs as a result of the initiative, the world’s biggest carmaker said in a statement. The move underscores Toyota’s bet that hybrids will dominate US sales in the near term as consumers balk at high EV prices following the end of tax credits. The investment may also strengthen the Japanese carmaker’s foothold in the market as Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and other US carmakers scale back EV ambitions and revisit hybrid strategies to meet shifting demand and emissions targets."
- 4 a car which runs on two power sources, usually an internal combustion engine and an electronic motor wordnet
- 5 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.
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- 6 a composite of mixed origin wordnet
- 7 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.
- 8 a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., ‘monolingual’ has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) wordnet
- 9 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.
- 10 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.
- 11 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, offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”). Attested since 1601, but rare before c. 1850.
From Latin hybrida, a variant of hibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”). Attested since 1601, but rare before c. 1850.
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