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| 1. | [ noun ] (transportation) traveling across | |
| Related terms: | travel ford traversal traverse | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other | |
| Synonyms: | crossover crosswalk | |
| Related terms: | path grade_separation pedestrian_crossing school_crossing traverse | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis | |
| Synonyms: | transverse cross thwartwise transversal | |
| Examples: | "cross members should be all steel" "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully" "transversal vibrations" "transverse colon" |
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| Related terms: | crosswise | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a junction where one street or road crosses another | |
| Synonyms: | intersection crossroad carrefour crossway | |
| Related terms: | confluence junction corner level_crossing road | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (mathematics) a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect | |
| Related terms: | point intersect | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (geography) a shallow area in a stream that can be forded | |
| Synonyms: | ford | |
| Related terms: | body_of_water stream | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | |
| Synonyms: | hybridisation crossbreeding cross interbreeding hybridizing hybridization | |
| Related terms: | coupling reciprocal dihybrid_cross test-cross monohybrid_cross genetics crossbreed | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (transportation) a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean) | |
| Related terms: | voyage traverse | |
| Similar spelling: |
Crossin crushing crashing crushingly Crosson Crossen Crossan Crossman croaking creaking cracking crosswind crossness croissant Crossno Crisman cresson cross-index creakingly cryogen crouching |
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