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hybrid

hybrid

43 3.9
Something made by combining two different things or ideas
  • noun
  • /ˈhaɪbrɪd/
translation icon : híbrido
  • I love developing and maintaining virtual libraries, making the library a hybrid and interactive experience for learners and teachers.
  • a hybrid approach
  • a hybrid model
  • a cultural hybrid

I think of it as this like sort of perfect hybrid of rigid and movable.

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Examples

  • Feedback about our website guided my hybrid practice, allowing me to continually improve our virtual resources and instruction.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The electronics branch of the program is an interesting hybrid of math, science, and technology.

    Academic text (2008)
  • I think the best leaders have a hybrid approach to leadership.

  • Well, part of it is, as I say, a hybrid organization.

  • Some people have said a hybrid is the best of both worlds.

  • So we are doing sort of a hybrid of two things today for the podcast.

  • Equipment and methods of harvest are a hybrid of standard Louisiana practices.

    Academic text (2013)
  • A new trend for school libraries to adopt a hybrid model for library organization is emerging across the country.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Today's asset protection tools are merely hybrids of those used for years.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The new smartphone is a hybrid of cutting-edge technology and user-friendly design.

Synonyms

mix
vshybrid
276 1.0

A group of different things or people that are together

focuses on combining elements from separate origins rather than general combination
blend
vshybrid
98 2.3

A mix of different things, like colors or spices

is specifically about combining elements from different origins
fusion
vshybrid
33 4.1

A joining of two different styles into one, for example music and food

highlights mixed origin combination rather than a single unified joining
admixture
vshybrid
1 8.1

Something added to another thing to mix with it

stresses equal combining of elements from different origins not mere addition
intermixture
vshybrid
7.0

Different things joined together to make one thing

emphasizes different origins of elements not only substance variety
6.8

A mixture of many bright, different parts like colors and sounds

focuses on combining elements by origin rather than colorful variety

Compounds

7 3.2

A car that uses electricity and petrol to save fuel and make less pollution

hybrid vigor
  • Specialized
1 6.1

Greater growth, health, or amount produced in young plants and animals from two different parents

A fruit made by changing its genes or by breeding two different fruits that people see as unnatural

hybrid petunia
  • Specialized
6.3

A garden flower made by crossing two different petunias with single or double bright blooms

8.9

A garden plant that grows from a thick underground stem and has large colorful flowers

How Decentralized

decentralization
  • Specialized
1 5.0
peer-to-peer
  • Specialized
5 4.4
hybrid
43 3.9
client-server
  • Specialized
1 4.5
centralized
  • US
9 4.4

Surface Forms

hybrid singular
hybrids plural

Etymology

Hybrid originally named animals from different parents, and a helpful way to remember its broader use is to think of any 'mix' of two things; that's why a hybrid design means a mix of modern and traditional parts.