subcrossing

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
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
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

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