UK, Australia, and Canada spelling of hybrid vigor

A property of some hybrids that are more likely to outperform either purebred parent in surviving.

plural of hybrid vehicle

(genetics) The first filial generation of seeds or animal offspring, which are usually vigorous and uniform. Produced by crossing two distinctly different parents.

An automobile powered by both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. / (US) A European car fitted with American components.

A computer that features the best characteristics of the analog computer and digital computer.

(chemistry) A compound for which no simple structure can be written, but which actually has a structure midway between two simple ones - normally one polar and one nonpolar.

(genetics) a phenomenon in which high transposon mobility causes reduced fertility in hybrid progeny

(physics) An orbital formed by the combination of multiple atomic orbitals on the same atom

(biology) The formation of a new species as the direct result of hybridization between members of two existing species.