hybridise
hybridise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of hybridize.
Meaning of hybridize
Verb
hybridize (third-person singular simple present hybridizes, present participle hybridizing, simple past and past participle hybridized)
- To form a mixture of any kind.
- Brainstorming methods other than the KJ technique will be mentioned later, but to come up with new ideas, it is easier to merge different ideas, or in other words, to cross-fertilize or hybridize ideas and improve upon them.2008, Akira Ishikawa, Creative Marketing for New Product and New Business Development
- To cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids.
- To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed.
- To construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages.
- To combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals.
- To combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules.
Forms of hybridise
| third-person singular present | hybridises |
|---|---|
| present participle | hybridising |
| past participle | hybridised |
| past | hybridised |
Origin of hybridise
From hybrid + -ise.
Words formed from hybridise
Questions about hybridise
- What is hybridise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
- Hybridise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of hybridize.
Words near hybridise in the dictionary
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