crossover

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a crossing or transition from one place, group, activity, or system to another

   The rail crossover lets trains move safely between the two tracks.

2. 2
   noun

   a work or performer that combines genres or appeals to more than one audience

   The album became a successful crossover between jazz and popular music.

3. 3
   noun

   the exchange of DNA between paired homologous chromosomes during meiosis

   A crossover can produce a chromosome containing alleles from both parents.

A noun formed from the phrasal verb cross over. Its specialized senses preserve the central idea of passing between sides, categories, tracks, or paired chromosomes.

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