crosslink
crosslink is the alternative spelling of cross-link.
Meaning of cross-link
Noun
cross-link (plural cross-links)
- A covalent bond (or series of bonds) between adjacent chains of a polymer
- A similar bond between strands of nucleic acid
- An internal hyperlink to another webpage belonging to the same web domain.
- There's no downside to providing reasonable cross links, and several reasons for providing them. For example, effective cross-linking keeps visitors on your site longer (as opposed to heading off-site because they can't find what they need on your site."2006 May 23, Harold Davis, Search Engine Optimization, O’Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 33
- A connection between data.
- (12)For the identification of cross-links between terrorism investigations and judicial proceedings against suspects of terrorist offences, reliable identification data is crucial. Due to the uncertainties regarding alphanumerical data especially for third country nationals, it should be possible...2021 December 11, Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 of the European Parliament and the Council and Council Decision...
Forms of crosslink
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | crosslinks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | crosslinks |
| present participle | crosslinking |
| past participle | crosslinked |
| past | crosslinked |
Origin of crosslink
From cross- + link.
Words formed from crosslink
Questions about crosslink
- What is crosslink the alternative spelling of?
- Crosslink is the alternative spelling of cross-link.
Words near crosslink in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crosslink (page history and authors); cross-link (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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