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subcross

subcross noun: a hybrid of two hybrids.

Noun

subcross (plural subcrosses)

  1. A hybrid of two hybrids.
    • He says they showed at that day a subcross, perhaps Baltimore Topknot Arrington Fowl.1906, R. A. McIntyre, The Game Fowl
    • If it were not for this epidemic it is probable that the animals in this subcross would not have differed significantly from those in the reciprocal cross in view of the similarity in activity between the F22 reciprocal crosses.1941, Comparative Psychology Monographs - Volume 17, page 118
  2. The cross product of two cross products.
  3. A crosspiece that is below something.
    • In addition to the distance pieces the two subcross ties ...1902, The Railway Age - Volume 33, page 78
  4. The cross-reference of a cross-reference.
    • It has not been felt necessary, however, to provide copious subcross-references to the subjects arranged under a main heading.1816, Congressional Serial Set, page 2624

Verb

subcross (third-person singular simple present subcrosses, present participle subcrossing, simple past and past participle subcrossed)

  1. To create a hybrid between two hybrids.
    • The whites subcrossed gave only whites; the blues gave blues and whites; and only the backcross with Zephir gave a single rose among blues and whites.1969, Walter Welch, Elsie A. Zuercher, The World of Little Irises: 1957-1959, no. 8-10, page 165
    • In outbreeding crops, such as many tree species, you get considerable segregation in early generations following subcrossing or inbreeding.1983, P. A. Huxley, Plant Research and Agroforestry
  2. To cross below something.
    • I would even suggest that the C.I.D. be asked to investigate the matter further. " There is an indecipherable signature ; this is, however, also subcrossed "AG. A., Puttalam, D/S."1957, Parliamentary Debates - Volume 27, Issues 16-29, page 2577
    • Two antapical horns turn curving forward from bases, parallel to apical horn, or are subcrossed.1989, Zhong Zheng, Shaojing Li, Marine planktology, page 60
  3. To calculate a subcross.
    • In this paper we define the notions of normal subcrossed module and quotient crossed module within groups with operations; and using the equivalence of crossed modules over groups with operations and internal groupoids we prove how normality and quotient concepts are related in these two categories.2016, Tunçar Şahan, Osman Mucuk, “Normality and quotient in crossed modules, cat¹-groups and internal groupoids within groups with operations”, in arXiv

Forms of subcross

Noun
pluralsubcrosses
Verb
third-person singular presentsubcrosses
present participlesubcrossing
past participlesubcrossed
pastsubcrossed

Origin of subcross

From sub- + cross.

Questions about subcross

What does subcross mean?
Subcross means a hybrid of two hybrids.
What part of speech is subcross?
Subcross can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of subcross?
The plural of subcross is subcrosses.

Words near subcross in the dictionary

  1. subcritical masses
  2. subcriticality
  3. subcritically
  4. subcrop
  5. subcrops
  6. subcross
  7. subcrossed
  8. subcrosses
  9. subcrossing
  10. subcrossings
  11. subcrust

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