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Definition of Cross-link

1. Verb. Join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein).

2. Noun. A side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule.

Definition of Cross-link

1. Noun. (chemistry) a link between adjacent chains of a polymer ¹

2. Verb. (chemistry) to form such a link ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Cross-link

1. A covalent linkage between two polymers or between two different regions of the same polymer. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cross-link

cross-hatched cross-hatches cross-hatching cross-hybridisation cross-index cross-infection cross-jack yard cross-jack yards cross-kick cross-lag

cross-leaved heath cross-legged cross-light cross-linguistic cross-linguistically cross-link (current term) cross-linkage cross-linked cross-linking reagent cross-matching

cross-modal cross-multiplication cross-multiplications cross-multiplied cross-multiplies cross-multiply cross-multiplying cross-over cross-party cross-patch

Literary usage of Cross-link

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Introduction to Science by John Arthur Thomson (1911)
"Pearson presents this view in a scheme:— Applied Mathematics cross-link 'ABSTRACT SCIENCE CONCRETE SCIENCE PHYSICS BIOLOGY ^ — Bio-physics—a cross-link ..."

2. Emergency And Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels For Selected Submarine by Best, National Research Council (U.S.) (2007)
"Species differences in DNA-protein cross-link formation are thus related to anatomic and physiologic differences that affect the delivered dose. ..."

3. Space Handbook: A War Fighter's Guide to Space by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Satellites in the high-inclination orbit would cover the polar regions, Europe, Africa, and western Asia.27 Satellite-to-satellite cross-link capability ..."

4. Dyke's Automobile Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1911)
"It Is Not Generally Known, Perhaps, That Excessive Tire Wear Often Is Caused by improper adjustment of the cross link of the steering gear. ..."

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