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cross⋅o⋅ver

  [kraws-oh-ver, kros-]
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–noun
1. a bridge or other structure for crossing over a river, highway, etc.
2. Genetics.
a. crossing over.
b. a genotype resulting from crossing over.
3. Popular Music.
a. the act of crossing over in style, usually with the intention of broadening the commercial appeal to a wider audience.
b. music that crosses over in style, occasionally sharing attributes with several musical styles and therefore often appealing to a broader audience.
4. Also called crossover voter. U.S. Politics. a member of one political party who votes for the candidate of another party in a primary.
5. crossover network.
6. Railroads. a track structure composed of two or more turnouts, permitting movement of cars from either of two parallel and adjacent tracks to the other.
7. Dance.
a. a step in which dancers exchange places.
b. a step involving partners in which the woman moves from one side of her partner to the other, crossing in front of him.
8. Bowling. a ball that strikes the side of the head pin opposite to the bowling hand of the bowler.
9. (in plumbing) a U-shaped pipe for bypassing another pipe.
Origin:
1785–95; n. use of v. phrase cross over
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crossover network

 
–noun
an audio circuit device that sorts the impulses received and channels them into high- or low-frequency loudspeakers.
Also called crossover.
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cross·o·ver   (krôs'ō'vər, krŏs'-)   
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
    1. Crossing over.
    2. A characteristic resulting from the exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes during meiosis.
    3. The adaptation of a musical style, as by blending elements of two or more styles or categories, to appeal to a wider audience.
    4. A recording designed to appeal to more than one segment or portion of the listening audience.
    5. One that appeals to a wide or diverse audience.
  4. A registered member of one political party who votes in the primary of the other party.
    1. The adaptation of a musical style, as by blending elements of two or more styles or categories, to appeal to a wider audience.
    2. A recording designed to appeal to more than one segment or portion of the listening audience.
    3. One that appeals to a wide or diverse audience.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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