cross-
prefixEtymology From Middle English cros-, crosse- (“relating to a cross, forming a cross, in the shape of a cross or x”), from the noun (see cross) and also from across.
14 senses
- 1Shaped like a cross or X; crossing lines.
- 2Perpendicular in angle; transverse.
- 3Moving from one side to the other; across.
- 4Moving from one track or state to another.
- 5On the opposite side of.
- 6Moving or acting against, opposing, contrary.
- 7Located in between. Often, but not necessarily, forming…
- 8More than one, often in indicating applicability to…
- 9Involving two or more at the same time; coincident.
- 10Comparing two sources of information, often to verify…
- 11To combine two entities to create a hybrid.
- 12Mutual exchange or influence, where both entities are…
- 13One entity affecting a similar entity, such as to…
- 14Alternate, different.
1
Morpheme Shaped like a cross or X; crossing lines.
- e.g. crossbody, crossbuck, cross-stitch
2
Morpheme Perpendicular in angle; transverse.
- e.g. crossbedding, crossband, crossmember
- . See visuals for difference between crossband and crossbuck.
3
Morpheme Moving from one side to the other; across.
- e.g. crossfield, cross-city. When used for a rectangular space, this movement is typically diagonal, such as in crossbelt and crosscourt.
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4
Figuratively, Morpheme Moving from one track or state to another.
- e.g. crossfeed as the process of blending the left and right channels of a stereo recording, crossfader, cross-link
5
Morpheme On the opposite side of.
- e.g. crosstown, cross-cousin, cross-ratio
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6
Morpheme Moving or acting against, opposing, contrary.
- e.g. crossflow, cross-beat, cross-vote
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7
Morpheme Located in between. Often, but not necessarily, forming an H-shaped structure.
- e.g. cross-passage, cross-tunnel, crossfire
8
Morpheme More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate.
- e.g. crosslingual, cross-browser, crossfunctional, cross-cultural
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9
Morpheme Involving two or more at the same time; coincident.
- e.g. crossbreak, crosspost, crosscurrent
- The room was a cross-mixture of voices. "Come in Kelly 4.[…]" "Come in Stanhope.[…]" "Evans 9. Confirm.[…]"1967 May, William F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, Bantam, published 1976, →ISBN, page 14:
10
Morpheme Comparing two sources of information, often to verify their contents.
- e.g. crossdate, crossvalidated, crosscovariance
11
Morpheme To combine two entities to create a hybrid.
- e.g. crossbreed, cross-pollinate, crosslinear
12
Morpheme Mutual exchange or influence, where both entities are affected in the same way. Mutuality.
- e.g. crosstalk, crossrepression, crosscalibration, cross-progress
13
Morpheme One entity affecting a similar entity, such as to transfer of one property from one entity to the other.
- e.g. crossregulation, crossfeed, crossprotection
- To crossfeed as to supply one fuel tank of an aircraft with fuel from another. To crossregulate is when one metabolic pathway is regulated by the enzymes in another pathway. These are one-way influences, whereas the previous sense of mutuality has symmetric two-way influences; e.g. crossrepression is mutual repression of interacting systems.
14
Morpheme Alternate, different.
- e.g. cross-tune, cross-birth, cross-live
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- Synonyms
- inter-, x-
- Derived terms
164 terms
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