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cross-chain

cross-chain verb: to ride in the smallest or largest cassette sprocket and the corresponding chainring at the same time.

Verb

cross-chain (third-person singular simple present cross-chains, present participle cross-chaining, simple past and past participle cross-chained)

  1. To ride in the smallest or largest cassette sprocket and the corresponding chainring at the same time.

Adjective

cross-chain (not comparable)

  1. Occurring one more than one blockchain.
    • cross-chain consensus

Forms of cross-chain

third-person singular presentcross-chains
present participlecross-chaining
past participlecross-chained
pastcross-chained

Questions about cross-chain

What does cross-chain mean?
Cross-chain means to ride in the smallest or largest cassette sprocket and the corresponding chainring at the same time.
What part of speech is cross-chain?
Cross-chain can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of cross-chain?
The past tense of cross-chain is cross-chained.

Words near cross-chain in the dictionary

  1. cross-cap
  2. cross-caps
  3. cross-cast
  4. cross-casting
  5. cross-casts
  6. cross-chain
  7. cross-chained
  8. cross-chaining
  9. cross-chains
  10. cross-channel
  11. cross-check

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