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"text": "e.g. crossbedding, crossband, crossmember"
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{
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"Perpendicular in angle; transverse."
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[
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"text": "e.g. crossfeed as the process of blending the left and right channels of a stereo recording, crossfader, cross-link"
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"Moving from one track or state to another."
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"Moving from one side to the other; across.",
"(metaphorical) Moving from one track or state to another."
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{
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"On the opposite side of."
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{
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "indicating a direction (across)",
"word": "köndələn"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "indicating a direction (across)",
"word": "tvær-"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "indicating a direction (across)",
"word": "tvør-"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "indicating a direction (across)",
"word": "þver-"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "indicating a direction (across)",
"word": "tras-"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "indicating a direction (across)",
"word": "tverr-"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "indicating a direction (across)",
"word": "tverr-"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "indicating a direction (across)",
"word": "tair-"
}
],
"word": "cross-"
}
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