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Crossover   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



... 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 ...
— The Scarlet Pimpernel • Baroness Orczy



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