Blending may refer to: * The process of mixing in process engineering * Mixing paints to achieve a greater range of colors * Blending (alcohol production), a technique to produce alcoholic beverages by mixing different brews *

Blending (linguistics) In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together.) Israeli שלט ''shalát'' 'remote control', an ellipsis ...

, the process of forming a word from two or more letters that represent the sounds of a word * Blending (music), a technique used in instrument playing * Blending (vocal technique), a technique used in vocal warm up * Blending curves, in mathematics *

Blending inheritance Blending inheritance is an obsolete theory in biology from the 19th century. The theory is that the progeny inherits any characteristic as the average of the parents' values of that characteristic. As an example of this, a crossing of a red flo ...

, a hypothetical model prior to the discovery of genetics *

Alpha blending In computer graphics, alpha compositing or alpha blending is the process of combining one image with a background to create the appearance of partial or full transparency. It is often useful to render picture elements (pixels) in separate pass ...

, a transparency technique in computer image generation *

Conceptual blending In cognitive linguistics and artificial intelligence, conceptual blending, also called conceptual integration or view application, is a theory of cognition developed by Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner. According to this theory, elements and vit ...

, a general theory of cognition *

Gas blending Gas blending is the process of mixing gases for a specific purpose where the composition of the resulting mixture is defined, and therefore, controlled. A wide range of applications include scientific and industrial processes, food production and ...

, the filling of diving cylinders with non-air breathing gases such as nitrox, trimix and heliox *

Tea blending file:TwiningsLadyGrey.jpg, Twinings Lady Grey (tea), Lady Grey tea which is a flavored tea blend containing Bergamot essential oil, bergamot oil, Peel (fruit), citrus peels and flowers file:China Royal Jasmine Curls tea.jpg, Chinese Jasmine tea, a ...

, the process of blending different teas to produce a final product * The Blending (novel series), a fantasy series by Sharon Green *

Travel blending Travel blending is a technique, developed in Australia, for encouraging people to make more efficient and environmentally sound transportation choices. The technique involves governments encouraging citizens to undertake a greater number of tasks ...

, a technique, developed in Australia, for encouraging people to make more efficient and environmentally sound transportation choices * Blending in hairstyling, a technique used to transition between different hair lengths smoothly.

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