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Noun: crossover  'krós,ow-vu(r)
  1. A path (often marked) where something (as a street or railway) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
    "Pedestrians used the marked crossover to safely traverse the busy street";
    - crossing, crosswalk [N. Amer], pedestrian crossing
     
  2. (music genre) the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience
    "a jazz-classical crossover album"
     
  3. A voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party
    "Crossover voters sometimes influence the outcome of primary elections";
    - crossover voter
     
  4. The interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
    "crossover contributes to genetic diversity in offspring";
    - crossing over

Derived forms: crossovers

Type of: adoption, biological process, borrowing, elector, organic process, path, voter

Part of: diplotene

Encyclopedia: Crossover