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cross-battery

cross-battery noun: the use of information from multiple batteries of tests in order to guide diagnostic decisions and to gain a fuller picture of an individual.

Noun

cross-battery (plural cross-batteries)

  1. The use of information from multiple batteries of tests in order to guide diagnostic decisions and to gain a fuller picture of an individual.
  2. (in plural) A pair of batteries commanding the same spot from different directions.

Forms of cross-battery

pluralcross-batteries

Origin of cross-battery

From cross- + battery.

Questions about cross-battery

What does cross-battery mean?
Cross-battery means the use of information from multiple batteries of tests in order to guide diagnostic decisions and to gain a fuller picture of an individual.
What part of speech is cross-battery?
Cross-battery is a noun.
What is the plural of cross-battery?
The plural of cross-battery is cross-batteries.

Words near cross-battery in the dictionary

  1. cross-attention
  2. cross-back
  3. cross-backs
  4. cross-banded
  5. cross-batteries
  6. cross-battery
  7. cross-beam
  8. cross-beams
  9. cross-bearer
  10. cross-bearers
  11. cross-beat

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