crossing

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: crossing

1	n	a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
2	n	a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
3	n	a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
4	n	(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: crossing

Type of:: point
the precise location of something; a spatially limited location

Types:: corner, street corner, turning point
the intersection of two streets; grade crossing, level crossing
intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass; blind corner
a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving

Type of:: body of water, water
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; grade separation
a crossing that uses an underpass or overpass; pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing
street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes); pelican crossing
an acronym for pedestrian light control; a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights that are controlled by pedestrians; school crossing
a pedestrian crossing where school children cross a street on the way to school

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; ford, fording
the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse; traversal, traverse
taking a zigzag path on skis; shallow fording
fording at a shallow place; deep fording
fording at a deep place in the stream

Type of:: travel, traveling, travelling
the act of going from one place to another

Synonyms:: cross, crossbreeding, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; dihybrid cross
hybridization using two traits with two alleles each; monohybrid cross
hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas); reciprocal, reciprocal cross
hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype; test-cross, testcross
a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring

Type of:: conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

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