crosstalk
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See also: cross-talk and cross talk
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Usage in reference to the Chinese comedic performance is probably a loose calque from Chinese 相聲／相声 (xiàngsheng).
Noun
crosstalk (countable and uncountable, plural crosstalks)
- (electronics) Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits.
- (biology) The situation where one or more components of a signal transduction pathway affect another pathway.
- Conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion.
- I couldn't hear the opening address because of all the crosstalk around me.
- A traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a dialogue.
- Synonym: xiangsheng
- Communication between parties who have extremely different perspectives.
- 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 239:
- Sharing resources for mutual benefit: crosstalk between disciplines deepns the understanding of mycorrhizal symbioses.
Translations
undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)
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conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion
traditional Chinese comedic performance
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Verb
crosstalk (third-person singular simple present crosstalks, present participle crosstalking, simple past and past participle crosstalked)
- To hold an incidental conversation
