hybridization

plural hybridizations · alternative hybridisation

1. The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.
   1. countableuncountablechemistryThe linear combination of atomic orbitals in a molecule to form hybrid orbitals.

      The electron pairing theory of orbital hybridization has been shown to account, very satisfactorily, for the variations which have been observed in the properties of C-H bonds.

      1950, W. Moffitt, “Aspects of Hybridization”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series A Volume 202 Number 1071, 563

   2. countableincludinguncountablebiologyThe process of breeding a mixed offspring from two different strains or species of animal or plant

      Hybridization, strictly speaking, is the art or act of obtaining an offspring or progeny between two different species of animals or plants; ...

      1843, D. J. Browne, “Hybridization and Cross Fecundation of Plants”, in Agricultural Journal and Transactions of the Lower Canada Agricultural Society, section 135

      Synonyms: hybridism

   3. countableuncountablebiologyThe formation of double-stranded nucleic acid by complementary base-pairing
2. countableuncountabletransportthe conversion of a fleet of vehicles to hybrids.

   He said he has read up on the hybridization of vessels, and described it as “extremely costly,” but conceded it’s “where the industry is heading.”

   2019, Rich Saltzberg, “Taylor, Gazzaniga press SSA to electrify fleet”, in MV Times