hybridize

  1. Verb.  (transitive) to cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) to construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages.
  3. Verb.  (physics) to combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals.
  4. Verb.  (biochemistry) to combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules.

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