crossover

See also cross over, and cross-over

English

Wikipedia

Noun

crossover (plural crossovers)

1. A place where one thing crosses over another.
2. The means by which the crossing is made.
3. (genetics) the result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.
4. A blend of multiple styles of music, intended to appeal to a wider audience.
5. An automobile that is a mix of two kinds of automobiles, i.e. the Pontiac Torrent.
6. (rail transport) A pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them.
7. A piece of fiction that borrows elements from two or more fictional universes.

Translations

A place where one thing crosses over another

• Bulgarian: прелез, надлез
• German: (technical) Kreuzung (de) f, Übergang (de) m, Überführung (de) f

• Russian: пересечение (ru) (peresečénije) n, переход (ru) (perexód) m
• Turkish: geçit (tr)

The means by which the crossing is made

• Bulgarian: преминаване, прeсичане

• Turkish: atlama (tr), karşıya geçme (tr)

the result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis

• Irish: crosmhalartú (ga) m
• Russian: кроссовер (ru) (krossóvɛr) m

• Spanish: entrecruzamiento (es) m