heterotic

English

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ -otic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

Adjective

heterotic (comparative more heterotic, superlative most heterotic)

1. 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.

2. (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)

1. A hybrid organism of this kind.

Anagrams

• hectorite, theoretic