Noun: crossover 'krós,ow-vu(r)
- 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
- (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"
- 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
- 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