crosstalk

See also: cross-talk and cross talk

English

Alternative forms

• cross-talk, cross talk

Etymology

cross- +‎ talk.

Usage in reference to the Chinese comedic performance is probably a loose calque of Chinese 相聲／相声 (xiàngsheng).

Noun

crosstalk (countable and uncountable, plural crosstalks)

1. (electronics) Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits.
2. (biology) The situation where one or more components of a signal transduction pathway affect another pathway.
3. Conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion.

   I couldn't hear the opening address because of all the crosstalk around me.

4. A traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a dialogue.

   Synonym: xiangsheng

Translations

undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 串擾／串扰 (chuànrǎo), 串扰 (chuànrǎo), 串音 (zh) (chuànyīn), 串音干擾, 串音干扰 (chuànyīn gānrǎo)

• Finnish: ylikuuluminen (fi)
• French: diaphonie (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Übersprechen n, Nebensprechen n
• Japanese: 漏話 (ろうわ, rōwa), クロストーク (kurosutōku)
• Malay: cakap silang
• Russian: перекрёстные поме́хи f pl (perekrjóstnyje poméxi)

conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion

• Finnish: hälinä (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: болтовня́ (ru) f (boltovnjá) (chatter), трескотня́ (ru) f (treskotnjá) (chatter)

traditional Chinese comedic performance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 相聲／相声 (zh), 相声 (zh) (xiàngsheng)

• Finnish: xiangsheng
• German: Xiangsheng n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 相声 (ja) (そうせい, sōsei, しょうせい, shōsei)
• Korean: 상성 (sangseong)
• Russian: сяншэ́н (ru) m (sjanšɛ́n)

Verb

crosstalk (third-person singular simple present crosstalks, present participle crosstalking, simple past and past participle crosstalked)

1. To hold an incidental conversation

See also

• crosstalk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• rock salts