"crosstalk" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: crosstalks [plural]
Etymology: From cross- + talk. Usage in reference to the Chinese comedic performance is probably a loose calque of Chinese 相聲/相声 (xiàngsheng). Etymology templates: {{af|en|cross-|talk}} cross- + talk, {{calque|en|zh|-|nocap=1}} calque of Chinese, {{zh-l|相聲}} 相聲/相声 (xiàngsheng) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} crosstalk (countable and uncountable, plural crosstalks)
  1. (electronics) Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Electronics Translations (undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)): 串擾 (Chinese Mandarin), 串扰 (chuànrǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 串音 (chuànyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 串音干擾 (chuànyīn gānrǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), ylikuuluminen (Finnish), diaphonie [feminine] (French), Übersprechen [neuter] (German), Nebensprechen [neuter] (German), 漏話 (rōwa) (alt: ろうわ) (Japanese), クロストーク (kurosutōku) (Japanese), cakap silang (Malay), перекрёстные поме́хи (perekrjóstnyje poméxi) [feminine, plural] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-crosstalk-en-noun-mF0YT-q9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with cross- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 27 13 23 14 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 15 27 26 10 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cross-: 17 19 17 18 16 14 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)': 83 6 6 3 3
  2. (biology) The situation where one or more components of a signal transduction pathway affect another pathway. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-crosstalk-en-noun-L6xj~RLr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with cross- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 27 13 23 14 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 15 27 26 10 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cross-: 17 19 17 18 16 14 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  3. Conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion): hälinä (Finnish), болтовня́ (boltovnjá) (english: chatter) [feminine] (Russian), трескотня́ (treskotnjá) (english: chatter) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-crosstalk-en-noun-z6EDUEgh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with cross- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 27 13 23 14 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 15 27 26 10 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cross-: 17 19 17 18 16 14 Disambiguation of 'conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion': 3 2 87 5 3
  4. A traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a dialogue. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Comedy Synonyms: xiangsheng Translations (traditional Chinese comedic performance): 相聲 (Chinese Mandarin), 相声 (xiàngsheng) (Chinese Mandarin), xiangsheng (Finnish), Xiangsheng [neuter] (German), 相声 (alt: そうせい, sōsei, しょうせい, shōsei) (Japanese), 상성 (sangseong) (Korean), сяншэ́н (sjanšɛ́n) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-crosstalk-en-noun-RmCEykVM Disambiguation of Comedy: 12 13 23 33 13 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with cross- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 27 13 23 14 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 15 27 26 10 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cross-: 17 19 17 18 16 14 Disambiguation of 'traditional Chinese comedic performance': 3 4 3 86 4
  5. Communication between parties who have extremely different perspectives. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-crosstalk-en-noun-0l-B8aNA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with cross- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 27 13 23 14 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 15 27 26 10 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cross-: 17 19 17 18 16 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cross-talk, cross talk

Verb [English]

Forms: crosstalks [present, singular, third-person], crosstalking [participle, present], crosstalked [participle, past], crosstalked [past]
Etymology: From cross- + talk. Usage in reference to the Chinese comedic performance is probably a loose calque of Chinese 相聲/相声 (xiàngsheng). Etymology templates: {{af|en|cross-|talk}} cross- + talk, {{calque|en|zh|-|nocap=1}} calque of Chinese, {{zh-l|相聲}} 相聲/相声 (xiàngsheng) Head templates: {{en-verb}} crosstalk (third-person singular simple present crosstalks, present participle crosstalking, simple past and past participle crosstalked)
  1. To hold an incidental conversation
    Sense id: en-crosstalk-en-verb-XegilwhD Categories (other): English terms prefixed with cross- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cross-: 17 19 17 18 16 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cross-talk, cross talk

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "crosstalk (countable and uncountable, plural crosstalks)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Electronics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits."
      ],
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        [
          "electronics",
          "electronics"
        ],
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          "undesirable"
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          "signal"
        ],
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          "neighbouring"
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        ],
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          "circuit"
        ],
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        "(electronics) Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "electronics",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Biology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The situation where one or more components of a signal transduction pathway affect another pathway."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) The situation where one or more components of a signal transduction pathway affect another pathway."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
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        {
          "text": "I couldn't hear the opening address because of all the crosstalk around me."
        }
      ],
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        "Conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion."
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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          "discussion"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a dialogue."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "xiangsheng"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 239",
          "text": "Sharing resources for mutual benefit: crosstalk between disciplines deepns the understanding of mycorrhizal symbioses.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Communication between parties who have extremely different perspectives."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cross-talk"
    },
    {
      "word": "cross talk"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)",
      "word": "串擾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuànrǎo",
      "sense": "undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)",
      "word": "串扰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuànyīn",
      "sense": "undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)",
      "word": "串音"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuànyīn gānrǎo",
      "sense": "undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)",
      "word": "串音干擾"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)",
      "word": "ylikuuluminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diaphonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Übersprechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nebensprechen"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ろうわ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rōwa",
      "sense": "undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)",
      "word": "漏話"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kurosutōku",
      "sense": "undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)",
      "word": "クロストーク"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)",
      "word": "cakap silang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perekrjóstnyje poméxi",
      "sense": "undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "перекрёстные поме́хи"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion",
      "word": "hälinä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "chatter",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "boltovnjá",
      "sense": "conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "болтовня́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "chatter",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "treskotnjá",
      "sense": "conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "трескотня́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "traditional Chinese comedic performance",
      "word": "相聲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàngsheng",
      "sense": "traditional Chinese comedic performance",
      "word": "相声"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "traditional Chinese comedic performance",
      "word": "xiangsheng"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "traditional Chinese comedic performance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Xiangsheng"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そうせい, sōsei, しょうせい, shōsei",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "traditional Chinese comedic performance",
      "word": "相声"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sangseong",
      "sense": "traditional Chinese comedic performance",
      "word": "상성"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sjanšɛ́n",
      "sense": "traditional Chinese comedic performance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сяншэ́н"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crosstalk"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms calqued from Chinese",
    "English terms derived from Chinese",
    "English terms prefixed with cross-",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Comedy"
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "cross-",
        "3": "talk"
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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "-",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "calque of Chinese",
      "name": "calque"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "相聲"
      },
      "expansion": "相聲/相声 (xiàngsheng)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cross- + talk.\nUsage in reference to the Chinese comedic performance is probably a loose calque of Chinese 相聲/相声 (xiàngsheng).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "crosstalks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crosstalking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crosstalked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crosstalked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "crosstalk (third-person singular simple present crosstalks, present participle crosstalking, simple past and past participle crosstalked)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To hold an incidental conversation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cross-talk"
    },
    {
      "word": "cross talk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crosstalk"
}

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