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Meaning of Crossover | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
  2. A place where one thing crosses over another.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The means by which the crossing is made.
    countable, uncountable
  4. The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.
    countable, uncountable
  5. A blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience.
    countable, uncountable
  6. An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent.
    countable, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable
  7. A pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them.
    countable, uncountable
  8. A piece of fiction that borrows elements from two or more fictional universes.
    countable, uncountable
  9. An athlete or swimmer who has competed in more than one of open water swimming, pool swimming, triathlon, and endurance sports.
    countable, uncountable
  10. A crossover dribble.
    countable, uncountable
  11. A move in sports that involves crossing one hand or foot in front of another, as in ice skating.
    countable, uncountable
  12. The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature.
    countable, uncountable
  13. Meeting of various characters.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The passenger train was signalled from one of the west end bay platforms along the Down South Line; as it passed through a crossover to the Up South Line the freight train, which had been travelling slowly to the Up South Line, over-ran the signal protecting the crossover and came into sidelong collision with it.”
“Network Rail developed and delivered the new crossover in just ten months - "phenomenally quickly", Mands says - and the work is included in the £20m build cost.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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