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Definition of Cross-reference
1. Noun. A reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work.
Generic synonyms: Acknowledgment, Citation, Cite, Credit, Mention, Quotation, Reference
Derivative terms: Cross-index
Definition of Cross-reference
1. Noun. A reference or direction in one place in a book or other source of information to information at another place in the same work ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To provide something with a cross-reference ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cross-reference
Literary usage of Cross-reference
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"A tombstone might seem a strange place on which to find a cross-reference.
In Barnes church-yard, England, the following inscription appears on the monument ..."
2. Indexing: A Handbook of Instruction by George Edward Brown (1921)
"For convenient citation in this manual a cross- reference of this kind may ...
The Reciprocal Cross-Reference 5. Other expedients impose the necessity of a ..."
3. Inventory of Unpublished Material for American Religious History in by William Henry Allison (1910)
"... library in chronological order; in the card index, the contents are fairly
completely calendared; there is also a cross-reference catalogue of names. ..."
4. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1906)
"200, and the cases cited in the cross-reference note thereto; Barnes v. Huntley,
188 Mass. 274, ante, p. 462. MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. ..."
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