crossover

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place where one thing crosses over another.
  2. The means by which the crossing is made.
  3. The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.
  4. A blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience.
  5. An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Buick Enclave.
  6. A pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them.
  7. A piece of fiction that borrows elements from two or more fictional universes.
  8. An athlete or swimmer who has competed in more than one of open water swimming, pool swimming, triathlon, and endurance sports.
  9. A crossover dribble.
  10. A move in sports that involves crossing one hand or foot in front of another, as in ice skating.
  11. The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature.
  12. Meeting of various characters.
adj
  1. Of an electrical cable, having connector pins at one end wired to different pins at the other; for example, pin 1 to pin 2, pin 2 to pin 4 etc.; contrasted with straight-through.
  2. Configured so that the transmit signals at one end are connected to the receive signals at the other.
name
  1. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

crossover crossovers

Etymology

Deverbal from cross over.

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