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crossing
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k??s??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k??s??/, (dated) /?k???s??/)
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /?k??s??/
- Rhymes: -?s??, -??s??
- Rhymes: -?s??
Noun
crossing (plural crossings)
- An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
- A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
- The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
- A voyage across a body of water
- (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it
- Movement into a crossed position.
- 1989, Stephen N. Tchudi, Diana D. Mitchell, Explorations in the Teaching of English (page 270)
- For example, experts in kinesics — body language — recognize that a person sends out hundreds of nonverbal signals — eyebrow twitches, frowns, leg crossings and uncrossings — every second while he or she is speaking and listening.
- 1989, Stephen N. Tchudi, Diana D. Mitchell, Explorations in the Teaching of English (page 270)
- (graph theory) A pair of intersecting edges.
- A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque
Derived terms
- crossing keeper
- diamond crossing
- grade crossing
- level crossing
Translations
Adjective
crossing (not comparable)
- (rare) Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.
Verb
crossing
- present participle of cross
References
- “crossing” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
Anagrams
- scorings, scorsing
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transmarine
English
Etymology
From Latin transmarinus, from trans (“across”) + marinus (“marine”); alternatively, trans- +? marine.
Adjective
transmarine (comparative more transmarine, superlative most transmarine)
- Beyond or on the other side of a sea.
- Crossing a sea.
Translations
Latin
Adjective
tr?nsmar?ne
- vocative masculine singular of tr?nsmar?nus
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- what does transmarine mean
- what does transmarine
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