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crossover
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun crossover has 4 senses
- crossover(n = noun.process) crossing over - the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis; Array is a part of diplotene
- crossover(n = noun.person) crossover voter - a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party; Array is a kind of elector, voter
- crossover(n = noun.communication) Array - the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience; "a jazz-classical crossover album" is a kind of adoption, borrowing
- crossover(n = noun.artifact) crossing, crosswalk - a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other; Array has particulars: grade separation, pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing
is a kind of biological process, organic process
is a kind of path
CIDE DICTIONARY
crossover, n.
- the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis. [WordNet 1.5]
- a structure, such as a bridge, bearing a path for crossing over a river or highway. [PJC]
- votes from members of one political party cast for candidates of another party; -- called also
crossover vote ; as, there was a high crossover in this election. [PJC] - a member of one political party who votes for a candidate of another party; -- called also
crossover voter . [PJC] - a U-shaped section of pipe which serves to pass one pipeline over another which is directly in its path. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
crossover, n. & adj.
--n. a point or place of crossing from one side to the other.
--adj. having a crossover.
--n. a point or place of crossing from one side to the other.
--adj. having a crossover.
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