Hybrid vs. Variety
Hybridnoun
(biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
Hybridnoun
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
Hybridnoun
(linguistics) A word whose elements are derived from different languages.
Hybridnoun
A hybrid vehicle (especially a car), one that runs on both fuel (gasoline/diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
Hybridnoun
(cycling) A bicycle that is a compromise between a road bike and a mountain bike.
Hybridnoun
(golf) A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.
Hybridnoun
An electronic circuit constructed of individual devices bonded to a substrate or PCB.
Hybridnoun
A computer that is part analog computer and part digital computer.
Hybridadjective
Consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components.
Hybridnoun
The offspring of the union of two animals or plants derived from recognizably different genetic lines, as two distinct species, or two strains of the same species with known genetic differences; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two genetic lines. See Mongrel.
Hybridnoun
A word composed of elements which belong to different languages.
Hybridnoun
anything derived by a mixture of components or characteristics from two distinctly different sources; as, a musical hybrid; a DNA-RNA hybrid.
Hybridadjective
Produced from the mixture of two genetically distinct strains; as, plants of hybrid nature.
Hybridadjective
derived by a mixture of characteristics from two distinctly different sources; as, a hybrid musical style; a hybrid DNA molecule.
Hybridnoun
a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
Hybridnoun
a composite of mixed origin;
Hybridnoun
an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species;
Hybridadjective
produced by crossbreeding
Varietynoun
The quality of being varied; diversity.
Varietynoun
A specific variation of something.
Varietynoun
A number of different things.
Varietynoun
A state of constant change.
Varietynoun
(taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species and subspecies.
Varietynoun
(cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system.
Varietynoun
(cybernetics) Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
Varietynoun
(linguistics) A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.
Varietynoun
The class of all algebraic structures of a given signature satisfying a given set of identities.
Varietynoun
The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.
Varietynoun
The production of, or performance in, variety shows.
Varietynoun
The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.
Varietynoun
That which is various.
Varietynoun
A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks.
Varietynoun
Such entertainment as in given in variety shows; the production of, or performance in, variety shows.
Varietynoun
Something varying or differing from others of the same general kind; one of a number of things that are akin; a sort; as, varieties of wood, land, rocks, etc.
Varietynoun
An individual, or group of individuals, of a species differing from the rest in some one or more of the characteristics typical of the species, and capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species.
Varietynoun
In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc.
Varietynoun
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things;
Varietynoun
noticeable heterogeneity;
Varietynoun
(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differe from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics;
Varietynoun
a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
Varietynoun
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality;
Varietynoun
a difference that is usually pleasant;
Varietynoun
the quality or state of being different or diverse; the absence of uniformity or monotony
Varietynoun
a number or range of things of the same general class that are distinct in character or quality
Varietynoun
a thing which differs in some way from others of the same general class or sort; a type
Varietynoun
a form of television or theatre entertainment consisting of a series of different types of act, such as singing, dancing, and comedy
Varietynoun
a taxonomic category that ranks below subspecies (where present) or species, its members differing from others of the same subspecies or species in minor but permanent or heritable characteristics. Varieties are more often recognized in botany, in which they are designated in the style Apium graveolens (var. dulce).
Varietynoun
a cultivated form of a plant.
Varietynoun
a plant or animal which varies in some trivial respect from its immediate parent or type.
