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Crossover   /krˈɔsˌoʊvər/   Listen
noun
crossover  n.  
1.
(genetics) The interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis.
Synonyms: crossing over.
2.
A structure, such as a bridge, bearing a path for crossing over a river or highway.
3.
Votes from members of one political party cast for candidates of another party; called also crossover vote; as, there was a high crossover in this election.
4.
A member of one political party who votes for a candidate of another party; called also crossover voter.
5.
(Plumbing) A U-shaped section of pipe which serves to pass one pipeline over another which is directly in its path.





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"Crossover" Quotes from Famous Books



... "The crossover for NAT 163 has painting crews working. Might watch out for any crud on the roadway. And they've got the entrance blocked there so that all 163 exchange traffic is being rerouted to ...
— Code Three • Rick Raphael
... beneath the wealth of her golden, reddish curls, slightly besprinkled with powder, and tied back at the nape of her graceful neck with a gigantic black bow. Always dressed in the very latest vagary of fashion, Marguerite alone among the ladies that night had discarded the crossover fichu and broad-lapelled over-dress, which had been in fashion for the last two or three years. She wore the short-waisted classical-shaped gown, which so soon was to become the approved mode in every country in Europe. It suited her graceful, regal figure to perfection, ...
— The Scarlet Pimpernel • Baroness Orczy
... zoology, anything. Suddenly he stopped riffling the pages and leaned forward, rapidly turning back to something that had caught his eye. It was a three and one-half page paper on "The Statistical Probability of Chromosome Crossover" written in neat sections with several charts and references. It was ...
— Security • Ernest M. Kenyon


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