crossover vs lapse

crossover

noun
  • The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature. 

  • A blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience. 

  • A move in sports that involves crossing one hand or foot in front of another, as in ice skating. 

  • The means by which the crossing is made. 

  • An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent. 

  • A piece of fiction that borrows elements from two or more fictional universes. 

  • A pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them. 

  • An athlete or swimmer who has competed in more than one of open water swimming, pool swimming, triathlon, and endurance sports. 

  • A place where one thing crosses over another. 

  • The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis. 

  • A crossover dribble. 

adj
  • Configured so that the transmit signals at one end are connected to the receive signals at the other. 

lapse

noun
  • A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air. 

  • A decline or fall in standards. 

  • A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective. 

  • A pause in continuity. 

  • A fall or apostasy. 

  • An interval of time between events. 

  • A temporary failure; a slip. 

  • A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect. 

  • memory lapse 

verb
  • To fall away gradually; to subside. 

  • To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid. 

  • To become void. 

  • To fall into error or heresy. 

  • To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee. 

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