Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The situation where one or more components of a signal transduction pathway affect another pathway.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a dialogue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: xiangsheng
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Communication between parties who have extremely different perspectives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To hold an incidental conversation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: XT
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: noise, interference, disturbance
History
From cross- + talk. Usage in reference to the Chinese comedic performance is probably a loose calque from Chinese 相聲/相声 (xiàngsheng).
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
