hybridisation

Other forms of hybridisation

plural

hybridisations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hybridisation

What does hybridisation mean?

hybridisation means "(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids".

How many syllables are in hybridisation?

hybridisation has 6 syllables: hy-bri-di-sa-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for hybridisation?

Close synonyms include hybridization, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hybridisation a common word?

hybridisation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.