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hybrid

hybrid

62 3.9
Something made by combining two different things or ideas
  • noun
  • /ˈhaɪbrɪd/
: 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
436 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
107 2.3

A mix of different things, like colors or spices

is specifically about combining elements from different origins
fusion
vshybrid
38 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
2 8.1

Something added to another thing to mix with it

stresses equal combining of elements from different origins not mere addition
intermixture
vshybrid
1 7.0

Different things joined together to make one thing

emphasizes different origins of elements not only substance variety
1 6.8

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

focuses on combining elements by origin rather than colorful variety

Compounds

11 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

hybrid petunia
  • Specialized
1 6.3

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

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

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
9 4.4
hybrid
62 3.9
client-server
  • Specialized
1 4.5
centralized
  • US
41 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.