crossover vs transversal

crossover

noun
  • A crossover dribble. 

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

  • 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. 

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

transversal

noun
  • A line intersecting a pair of parallel lines. 

  • A set containing one member from each of a collection of disjoint sets. 

  • A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely. 

adj
  • Running or lying across; transverse. 

  • Exhibiting or pertaining to transversality; connecting hetergeneous elements (fields, kinds of people, etc). 

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