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Meaning of crossover

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  crossover
      n 1: the interchange of sections between pairing homologous
           chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis [syn: {crossing
           over}, {crossover}]
      2: a voter who is registered as a member of one political party
         but who votes in the primary of another party [syn:
         {crossover voter}, {crossover}]
      3: 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"
      4: a path (often marked) where something (as a street or
         railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
         [syn: {crossing}, {crosswalk}, {crossover}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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