heterotic

English

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ -otic.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

Adjective

heterotic (comparative more heterotic, superlative most heterotic)

Of or pertaining to heterosis.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 159:
  An instructive example of a heterotic individual is ʽThe Toast of Botswana’. The Toast is a cross between a female goat and a male sheep.
(physics) Describing a hybrid form of string theory (See Heterotic string theory on Wikipedia)

Translations

Of or pertaining to heterosis

Italian: eterotico

Noun

heterotic (plural heterotics)

A hybrid organism of this kind.

Anagrams

hectorite, theoretic

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