HYBRIDITY Synonyms

• a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten

• the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something

• lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

• make an alloy of

• an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams

• a combination or blend of diverse things

• the combination of two or more commercial companies

• an occurrence of thorough mixing

• a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings

• the act of blending components together thoroughly

• combine into one

• blend or harmonize

• mix together different elements

• a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities

• a coordinated sequence of chess moves

• a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock

• a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose

• an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)

• the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order

• the act of combining things to form a new whole

• fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species

• interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial

• (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

• reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)

• an occurrence that involves the production of a union

• the state of being combined into one body

• the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words

• a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy

• the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept

• correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization

• the act of fusing (or melting) together

• (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)

• any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients

• a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

• an event that combines things in a mixture

• the act of mixing together

• the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)

• the combination of ideas into a complex whole

• reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)