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Crossover

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Noun

1. crossing over, crossover

the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis

2. crossover, crossover voter

a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party

3. crossover

the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience

Example Sentences:
'a jazz-classical crossover album'

4. crossing, crossover, crosswalk

a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Crossover

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noun
1. 
a place at which a crossing is made
2. genetics
a.  another term for crossing over
b. 
a chromosomal structure or character resulting from crossing over
3. railways
a point of transfer between two main lines
4.  short for crossover network
5. 
a recording, book, or other product that becomes popular in a genre other than its own
adjective
6. 
(of music, fashion, art, etc) combining two distinct styles
7. 
(of a performer, writer, recording, book, etc) having become popular in more than one genre

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Crossover

see synonyms of crossover
noun
1. 
the act, means, or place of crossing over from one part or side, to another
2.  US
a track by which a railroad train can be switched from one line to another
3.  US
a person who votes for a candidate of a political party other than the party he or she usually supports
4.  US
a crossover (sense 7) musical style
5.  Biology
a. 
crossing-over
b. 
a character resulting from crossing-over
adjective
6. 
designating or of a circuit, network, etc. that divides amplified sound into frequency bands and distributes them to the proper component of a speaker system, as to a woofer or tweeter
7. 
designating or by voters who are crossovers
the crossover vote
8. 
designating or of a form of popular music in which elements of musical genres that appeal to a limited audience are combined with more widely accepted forms to gain a larger audience
crossover jazz
9. 
made up of elements appealing to more specialized tastes that have been combined to gain broader acceptance

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Crossover

see synonyms of crossover
n.
1. A place at which or the means by which a crossing is made.
2. A short connecting track by which a train can be transferred from one line to another.
3. Genetics Crossing over.
4. A registered member of one political party who votes in the primary of the other party.
5.
a. The adaptation of a musical style, as by blending elements of two or more styles or categories, to appeal to a wider audience.
b. One, such as a performer, song, or movie, that appeals to more than one segment of an audience or market.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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