Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hybridisation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: hy-bridi-s-a-tion
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of hybridization.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Polyploidy and hybridisation are important evolutionary forces shaping plant genomes and underlying the huge angiosperm diversity. Both can confer evolutionary advantages [44–46] attributed to the plasticity of plant genomes and to increased genetic variability, generating individuals capable of exploiting new niches [47]."
"In situ hybridisations were performed on devitellinised embryos still wrapped around the yolk and on embryos with the yolk dissected away."

Etymology

Etymology tree English hybrid English -ise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -isation English hybridisation From hybrid + -isation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hybridisations (plural)

Derived Forms

dehybridisation prehybridisation

Synonyms

hybridization crossbreeding crossing cross interbreeding hybridizing

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization head station nation location

Questions

What does hybridisation mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of hybridization.
Where does hybridisation come from?: Etymology tree English hybrid English -ise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -isation English hybridisation From hybrid + -isation.

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