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undercross

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʌndərˌkrɒs/
  • General-American: /ˈʌndərˌkrɔs/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A passage or underpass where a roadway, railway, or infrastructure crosses under another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The strand or segment in a knot diagram that passes beneath another at a crossing; i.e., the under‐crossing strand in a knot projection. As distinguished from the overcrossing or over‐strand in knot projections

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: knot theory

Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From under- + cross.