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In Greek Mythology, the Chimera is a monstrous creature made of the parts of multiple animals. See Chimera.
The term "chimera" or "chimeric" is often used metaphorically to describe things that have combined attributes from different sources. In genetics, for example, an organism or tissue created from two or more different genetic sources is called chimeric, as in transplant patients with organs from other donors. Most other usages are related to this metaphor.
In music
- In heavy metal music, Chimaira is a heavy metal band from Cleveland, Ohio.
- In new age or electronica music, Chimera is an album by Delerium.
- In black metal music, Chimera is an album by Mayhem.
In science
- In biology, a chimera is a single animal organism with genetically distinct cells from two different zygotes.
- In botany, a chimera is a single plant organism with genetically distinct cells.
- In genetics, a chimera is a hybrid protein made by splicing two genes.
- In paleontology, a chimera is a fossil with elements from more than one creature, like the Ultrasauros and perhaps the Protoavis.
- In zoology, a chimaera is a group of cartilaginous fishes related to sharks.
- In Computational Fluid Dynamics, a Chimera grid method is a technique to use overlapping non-aligned grids to simplify grid generation.
- In breeding, a chimera is a hybrid animal cross between a sheep and a goat.
In Art & Design
- In Art & Design, Chimera is a very pale purple or lavender colour. It is mainly used when referring to painting. Chimera is made up of a mixture of 2 or more colours. Chimera is known as a base colour. Another base colour is Magnolia which is also a common colour used to paint the walls of houses e.t.c when first built.
- As a noun, Chimera means a grotesque product of the imagination.
In business
- In the automobile industry, Chimera is a model of sports car made by TVR.
- On the internet, Chimera is the older name of a Mozilla-based web browser for Mac OS X. It is now called Camino.
In fiction
- In literature, Chimera was a 1972 novel by John Barth.
- In the Star Wars universe, Chimaera was an Imperial Star Destroyer.