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Definition of Crossovers
1. crossover [n] - See also: crossover
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crossovers
Literary usage of Crossovers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Railroad Track and Construction by Winter Lincoln Wilson (1915)
"crossovers. SWITCH ATTACHMENTS. 136. Definition of crossovers.—A crossover is an
arrangement (Fig. SO) of two turnouts facing each other from adjacent ..."
2. Statistical Inference from Genetic Data on Pedigrees by Elizabeth A. Thompson (2000)
"The formation of chiasmata, and the crossovers resulting in the ... The crossovers
occurring are the same as in Figure 5.i(e) 5.2 From chromatids to ..."
3. Manual by American Railway Engineering Association, National Futures Association (U.S.) (1916)
"8. 11 and It main line turnouts, as representing good practice, are shown on the
inserts. * crossovers. Typical plans of Nos. 8, 11 and 16 crossovers, ..."
4. Track Formulae and Tables: A Handbook of the Theory and Practice of Turnouts by Shelby Saufley Roberts (1910)
"Frog distances = x for crossovers between parallel tracks. Frogs of same number,
straight track between frogs ..."
5. Text Book on Railroad Surveying by George Wellington Pickels, Carroll Carson Wiley (1913)
"TABLE 4 Distances along main track between frog points for crossovers between
parallel tracks. Frogs of same number, straight track between frogs. ..."
6. A Field Manual for Railroad Engineers by James C. Nagle (1917)
"crossovers. INTERSECTING TRACKS. WYES. 201. Given the Equal Frog Numbers, N, the
Distance between Centers, c, and the Gauge, g, to Locate a Crossover ..."
7. Notes on Permanent-way Material, Plate-laying, and Points & Crossings: With by W H Cole (1890)
"Turnouts and crossovers. A turnout from one line to another (figures 5 and 7) is
made ... Turnouts and crossovers, the intermediate portion being straight. ..."
8. Practical Track Work by Kenneth L. Van Auken (1915)
"TURNOUTS, crossovers AND LADDER TRACKS. More attention is required in distributing
material for switches than for track, on account of the great number of ..."
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