crossover

1. (genetics) The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.countableuncountable

2. (sometimes derogatory) An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent.Synonyms: CUV, XUVcountablederogatorysometimesuncountable

3. (rail transport) A pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them.Examples: "The passenger train was signalled from one of the west end bay platforms along the Down South Line; as it passed through a crossover to the Up South Line the freight train, which had been travelling slowly to the Up South Line, over-ran the signal protecting the crossover and came into sidelong collision with it."; "Network Rail developed and delivered the new crossover in just ten months - "phenomenally quickly", Mands says - and the work is included in the £20m build cost."countableuncountable

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

5. (basketball) A crossover dribble.countableuncountable

6. (forestry) The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature.countableuncountable