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Definition: Crosstalk |
CrosstalkNoun1. The presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Crosstalk |
Aerospace | Electrical disturbances in a communication channel as a result of coupling with other communication channels. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | Deprecated term for magnetic printing. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | The sensing of the far-field signal in the opposite chamber, causing the pacemaker to either inhibit or trigger an output, depending on its design [VE1]. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
1. Undesired capacitive, inductive, or conductive coupling from one circuit, part of a circuit, or channel, to another.
2. Any phenomenon by which a signal transmitted on one circuit or channel of a transmission system creates an undesired effect in another circuit or channel.
Note: In telephony, crosstalk is usually distinguishable as speech or signaling tones.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Crosstalk."
Synonym: CrosstalkSynonym: XT (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Crosstalk |
| Specialty definitions using "crosstalk": Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ♦ intelligible crosstalk, intelligible crosstalk component, inverted crosstalk ♦ line noise ♦ unintelligible crosstalk, unintelligible crosstalk component, uninverted crosstalk ♦ via net loss. (references) |
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| "Crosstalk" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Crosstalk" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "crosstalk": crosstalk noise ♦ intelligible crosstalk ♦ intelligible crosstalk component ♦ inverted crosstalk ♦ multiple crosstalk ♦ unintelligible crosstalk ♦ unintelligible crosstalk component ♦ uninverted crosstalk. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
crosstalk | 53 |
crosstalk line transmission | 3 |
crosstalk victim wire | 3 |
crosstalk software | 3 |
crosstalk xvi | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "crosstalk"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 相声. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | forstyrrelse ved krydstale (cross talk, cross-talk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | overspreken (cross talk, cross-talk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tajuttavan ylikuulumisen aiheuttava puhesignaalikomponentti (intelligible crosstalk component), tajuttava ylikuuluminen (intelligible crosstalk, uninverted crosstalk), sorina (hum, murmur), papina (babble, crosstalk noise, multiple crosstalk), kanavienvälinen ei-toivottu ylikuuluminen (objectionable crosstalk between channels), ei-tajuttava ylikuuluvan puheen komponentti (unintelligible crosstalk component), ei-tajuttava ylikuuluminen (inverted crosstalk, unintelligible crosstalk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | imprégnation magnétique, empreinte magnétique, diaphonie (cross talk, cross-talk, crosstalk noise, multiple crosstalk), dérangement par mélange de conversations (cross talk, cross-talk), écho magnétique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Störung durch Übersprechen (cross talk, cross-talk), Nebensprechen (cross talk, cross-talk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διασταυρούμενες ομιλίες (cross talk, cross-talk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | áthallás (cross-modulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cross-talk (self-inhibition), crosstalk (self-inhibition), pertubazione (cross talk, cross-talk, disturbance, failure, operating trouble, trouble), guasto (addle, addled, bad, breakdown, broken, broken down, damage, damaged, defective, failure, fault, out of order, rotten, trouble, wrong), disturbo (ailment, bother, complaint, derangement, disorder, disturbance, fault, illness, inconvenience, noise, obstruction, trouble, upset), autoinibizione (self-inhibition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 漏話結合 (crosstalk coupling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ろうわ'つ"う (crosstalk coupling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 누". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | crosh-choloayrtys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osstalkcray componente inteligível de diafonia (intelligible crosstalk component), componente de diafonia ininteligível (unintelligible crosstalk component), murmúrio confuso (babble, crosstalk noise, multiple crosstalk), diafonia múltipla (babble, crosstalk noise, multiple crosstalk), diafonia inteligível (intelligible crosstalk, uninverted crosstalk), diafonia ininteligível (inverted crosstalk, unintelligible crosstalk), diafonia inadmissível entre os canais (objectionable crosstalk between channels), diafonia (babble, cross-talk, crosstalk noise, multiple crosstalk). (various references) наложение каналов. (various references) superposición de sonidos, diona (cross talk, cross-talk). (various references) babbel (babble, babblement, gabble, gibber, prattle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "crosstalk": crosstalks. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-k-l-o-r-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: castors, costars, scrotal, skatols. | |
-3 letters: across, actors, ascots, assort, carols, castor, claros, clasts, cloaks, coasts, corals, costal, costar, croaks, kaross, karsts, korats, roasts, scarts, scrota, skatol, skoals, slacks, stacks, stalks, stocks, storks, tarocs, taroks, tolars, torsks, tracks, troaks, trocks. | |
-4 letters: actor, altos, ascot, askos, calks, calos, carks, carls, carol, carts, casks, casts, claro. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-k-l-o-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: cornstalks, crosstalks. | |
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