Noun
crossing -
traveling across
traveling ,
travelling ,
travel the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"
fording ,
ford the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
crossing -
a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
crosswalk ,
crossover
path a way especially designed for a particular use
grade separation a crossing that uses an underpass or overpass
crossing -
a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
voyage a journey to some distant place
crossing -
a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
point sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree" ; "he broke the point of his pencil"
crossing -
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
hybridization ,
hybridisation ,
crossbreeding ,
cross ,
interbreeding ,
hybridizing
mating ,
sexual union ,
pairing ,
coupling ,
conjugation ,
union the act of grouping things or people in pairs
genetic science ,
genetics the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
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 cross ,
reciprocal hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
crossing -
a junction where one street or road crosses another
intersection ,
crossroad ,
crossway ,
carrefour
junction an act of joining or adjoining things
road ,
route a way or means to achieve something; "the road to fame"
street corner ,
turning point ,
corner the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
crossing -
a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
ford
body of water ,
water the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters" ; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
watercourse ,
stream a conduit through which water flows
