Hybrid

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Hybrid may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Economics and finance

• Hybrid entrepreneurship, a type of entrepreneurship where the entrepreneurs own a side business while simultaneously holding a primary job in wage work.
• Hybrid market, a system allowing stock trades to be completed either electronically or manually
• Hybrid security, a type of economic instrument

Electrical power generation

• Hybrid generator, an electric power system comprising two or more generators that supply power to a single output
• Hybrid power, the combination of a power producer and the means to store that power in an energy storage medium
  • Hybrid power source, a stand-alone power system that operates independently of a larger power grid network

Electronics

• Hybrid coil, a type of electrical transformer
• Hybrid computer, a computer combining analog and digital features
• Hybrid coupler, a passive device used in radio and telecommunications
• Hybrid drive, a device that combines a solid-state drive with hard disk drive
• Hybrid Graphics, Ltd., often "Hybrid",a graphics software technology company active from 1994 to 2007 in Helsinki, Finland
• Hybrid integrated circuit, a miniaturized electronic circuit combining different semiconductor devices and passive components on a substrate
• Hybrid laptop or hybrid tablet, a cross between a tablet computer and a laptop, running mobile operating system
• Hybrid mass spectrometer, a combination of m/z separation devices of different types
• Telephone hybrid, a type of telephone circuit
• Three-way hybrid, a device to converge content delivered via three different video transport networks

Science

Sports

• Hybrid (golf), a golf club that has the characteristics between a wood and an iron
• Hybrid martial arts, fighting systems that incorporate techniques and theories from several martial arts

Transportation

• Hybrid bicycle, a Bicycle with features of road and mountain bikes
• Hybrid motorcycle, a motorcycle built using components from two or more original-manufacturer products, usually having an engine and frame/chassis from different sources, such as Norvin, TriBSA, or Triton
• Hybrid train, a locomotive, railcar, or train that uses an onboard rechargeable energy storage system
• Hybrid vehicle, a vehicle using more than one power source or an engine sourced from a different chassis
  • Hybrid electric vehicle, a vehicle using both internal combustion and electric power sources
  • Plug-in hybrid, a hybrid electric vehicle that can run exclusively on electric power and be recharged without using the gas engine

Other uses

• Hybrid gemstone, a stone combining natural material with artificial material
• Hybrid library, a library containing a mix of print and electronic resources
• Hybrid mail, mail delivered using a combination of electronic and physical methods
• Hybrid organization, an organization that mixes elements of various sectors of society
• Hybrid professional, a person who blends two or more professional identities together in the work they do
• Hybrid rocket, a rocket motor using propellants from two different states of matter
• Hybrid Shipping Container, a container using phase change material (PCM) in combination with the ability to recharge itself
• Hybrid word, a word derived from more than one language

See also

• Hybrid language (disambiguation)
• Hybridisation (disambiguation)
• The Hybrid (disambiguation)