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See also: cross over and cross-over
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Deverbal from cross over.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]crossover (countable and uncountable, plural crossovers)
- A place where one thing crosses over another.
- The means by which the crossing is made.
- (genetics) The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.
- A blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience.
- An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent.
- (rail transport) A pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them.
- 1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Collision at Newcastle”, in Trains Illustrated, page 76:
- The passenger train was signalled from one of the west end bay platforms along the Down South Line; as it passed through a crossover to the Up South Line the freight train, which had been travelling slowly to the Up South Line, over-ran the signal protecting the crossover and came into sidelong collision with it.
- 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 40:
- Network Rail developed and delivered the new crossover in just ten months - "phenomenally quickly", Mands says - and the work is included in the £20m build cost.
- A piece of fiction that borrows elements from two or more fictional universes.
- (sports) An athlete or swimmer who has competed in more than one of open water swimming, pool swimming, triathlon, and endurance sports.
- (basketball) A crossover dribble.
- A move in sports that involves crossing one hand or foot in front of another, as in ice skating.
- (forestry) The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a place where one thing crosses over another
the means by which the crossing is made
the result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis
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an SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform
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Adjective
[edit]crossover (not comparable)
- (computing, of an Ethernet cable) Configured so that the transmit signals at one end are connected to the receive signals at the other.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]crossover m (plural crossovers)
- crossover (car)
Polish
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Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English crossover.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]crossover m animal
- crossover (SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent)
Declension
[edit]Declension of crossover
singular | plural | |
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nominative | crossover | crossovery |
genitive | crossovera | crossoverów |
dative | crossoverowi | crossoverom |
accusative | crossovera | crossovery |
instrumental | crossoverem | crossoverami |
locative | crossoverze | crossoverach |
vocative | crossoverze | crossovery |
Noun
[edit]crossover m inan
- (film, music) crossover (blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience)
Declension
[edit]Declension of crossover
singular | plural | |
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nominative | crossover | crossovery |
genitive | crossoveru | crossoverów |
dative | crossoverowi | crossoverom |
accusative | crossover | crossovery |
instrumental | crossoverem | crossoverami |
locative | crossoverze | crossoverach |
vocative | crossoverze | crossovery |
Further reading
[edit]- crossover in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]crossover m (plural crossovers)
- crossover (car)
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