different between biological vs hybridize

English

Etymology

biology +? -ical

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ba??(?)?l?d??k?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ba???l?d??k?l/

Adjective

biological (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to biology.
2. Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children.
3. (proscribed, an error in non-native speakers' English) Organic (grown without agrochemicals).
   • 2013, J. Hemmelskamp, K. Rennings, and F. Leone (eds.), Innovation-Oriented Environmental Regulation: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Analysis, p. 49:

     The market for cosmetics with natural ingredients in which the body shop is so successful is still a small one, as is the market for biological food products (1 per cent in the Netherlands).

Noun

biological (plural biologicals)

1. (rare) A biological product.
   • 1917, Lilly, Eli & Company, Indianapolis, A.B.C. Course on Biologicals, page 5

     This elementary treatise on biologicals was designed primarily for the instruction of Lilly salesmen to enable them to handle the biological line intelligently.

Synonyms

• biologic

Translations

See also

• adoptive
• biological clock
• biological father
• biological mother
• birth mother

English

Alternative forms

• hybridise (UK)

Etymology

hybrid +? -ize

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ha?.b??d.a?z/

Verb

hybridize (third-person singular simple present hybridizes, present participle hybridizing, simple past and past participle hybridized)

1. To form a mixture of any kind.
2. (transitive) To cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids.
3. (intransitive) To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed.
4. (transitive) To construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages.
5. (physics) To combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals.
6. (biochemistry) To combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules.

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