CROSSOVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crossover mean? 

• CROSSOVER (noun)
  The noun CROSSOVER has 4 senses:

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

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

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

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

  Familiarity information: CROSSOVER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROSSOVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

crossing over; crossover

Hypernyms ("crossover" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Holonyms ("crossover" is a part of...):

diplotene (the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

crossover; crossover voter

Hypernyms ("crossover" is a kind of...):

elector; voter (a citizen who has a legal right to vote)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

a jazz-classical crossover album

Hypernyms ("crossover" is a kind of...):

adoption; borrowing (the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source)

Domain category:

genre; music genre; musical genre; musical style (an expressive style of music)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

crossing; crossover; crosswalk

Hypernyms ("crossover" is a kind of...):

path (a way especially designed for a particular use)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crossover"):

grade separation (a crossing that uses an underpass or overpass)

pedestrian crossing; zebra crossing (street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes))

 Context examples 

A type of crossover study in which the subject receives every treatment during the study.

(Latin Square Study, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

In a crossover trial, variability in each subject is used to assess treatment differences.

(Intra Subject Variability, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The process of measuring the extent of crossovers between chromosomes as a gauge of the distance between genes.

(Genetic Linkage Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)

Staining of metaphase spreads for crossovers, inversions, and translocations.

(Chromosome Rearrangement Detection, NCI Thesaurus/OSP)

The big strength of this study was its crossover design: a week later, participants in study groups one and two were switched to the opposite drinking order.

(Wine before beer, or beer before wine? Either way, you’ll be hungover, University of Cambridge)