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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as hybridization.

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Examples

  • They are the medium through which our Consortium game rules are developped: a sort of "hybridation" of skirmish, table top and role playing games.

    Tabletop Gaming News 2008

  • It was lately asserted, upon what seemed very strong evidence, that the Aegilops ovata, a plant growing wild in Southern France, had been actually converted into common wheat; but, upon a repetition of the experiments, later observers have declared that the apparent change was only a case of temporary hybridation or fecundation by the pollen of true wheat, and that the grass alleged to be transformed into wheat could not be perpetuated as such from its own seed.

    Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 02 (historical) 1874

  • Le statut d’acteur devient une hybridation du vivant et du médiatisé, pendant que le spectacle vivant n’est plus défini par la coprésence des acteurs et des spectateurs dans le même lieu physique, mais par la médiation ou les acteurs et les spectateurs se rencontrent et communiquent entre eux par le biais d’interfaces numériques.

    ACTING IN VIRTUAL THEATRE/ L'Acteur dans le theatre virtuel 2007

  • It was lately asserted, upon what seemed very strong evidence, that the Aegilops ovata, a plant growing wild in Southern France, had been actually converted into common wheat; but, upon a repetition of the experiments, later observers have declared that the apparent change was only a case of temporary hybridation or fecundation by the pollen of true wheat, and that the grass alleged to be transformed into wheat could not be perpetuated as such from its own seed.

    The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841

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