crossover

plural crossovers

1. countableuncountableA place where one thing crosses over another; a crossing.

   Lay one pole over the other and tie them together at the crossover.

2. countableuncountableThe means by which a crossing is made.

   To get to the other side of the railway, use the crossover.

3. countableuncountableA transition.

   Fans disapprove of the singer's crossover to pop.

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   The company has made a crossover into aerospace technology.

4. countableuncountableA blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience.
5. countableuncountableA combining of characters or plot elements from different fictional universes or settings, or a work that does this.

   It's a weird crossover between Harry Potter and Frankenstein.

6. countablederogatorysometimesuncountableAn SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Buick Enclave.

   Synonyms: CUV, XUV

7. countableuncountablerail transportA pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them.

   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.

   2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 40

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   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.

   1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Collision at Newcastle”, in Trains Illustrated, page 76

8. UScountableuncountablegovernmentA voter registered as a member of one political party or historically associated with such party who votes in the primary of the other party.
9. countableuncountablebiologyThe result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.
10. countableuncountablehobbiesAn athlete or swimmer who has competed in more than one of open water swimming, pool swimming, triathlon, and endurance sports.
11. countableuncountableball gamesA crossover dribble.
12. countableuncountableA move in sports that involves crossing one hand or foot in front of another, as in ice skating.
13. countableuncountablebusinessThe point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature measured in degrees Celsius.
14. countableuncountablebusinessA circuit or component that splits an audio signal into different frequency bands, typically so that different frequencies can be sent to different loudspeakers.
15. countableuncountablefictionMeeting of various characters.

1. not comparableOf an electrical cable, having connector pins at one end wired to different pins at the other; for example, pin 1 to pin 2, pin 2 to pin 4 etc.; contrasted with straight-through.
   1. not comparablecomputingConfigured so that the transmit signals at one end are connected to the receive signals at the other.
2. not comparableOf a fictional character, spanning two or more fictional universes or settings.

1. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.