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单词 cross-point
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cross-pointn.

Etymology: cross adj. 2: see point n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-point.
1. Name of a step in dancing. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > step > other steps
reprise1521
double1531
reprinse1531
single1531
hop1579
cross-pointa1592
trip1601
back-tricka1616
inturna1627
shorta1652
coupee1673
cut1676
fleuret1677
bourrée step or pas de bourrée1706
contretemps1706
cross-step1728
boring1775
pigeon wing1807
pas de basque1818
cross-cut1842
flicflac1852
buckle-covering1859
reverse1888
reversing1892
cross-stepping1893
box step1914
jump turn1924
moonwalk1969
coupé-
a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) iv.sig. G4 Nay but my friends, one hornpipe, further a refluence backe, and two doubles forward: what not one crosse point against Sundayes.
1602 2nd Pt. Returne from Pernassus (Arb.) ii. vi. 32 Seeing him practise his lusty pointes, as his crospoynt backcaper.
2. One of the points of the compass intermediate between two cardinal points.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > compass > card of > point(s) of compass > intermediate point(s)
collateral points1398
cross-point1709
1709 Tatler No. 42 When the Wind is in a cross Point.
1865 F. Hall in H. H. Wilson tr. Vishṅu Puráṅa II. 241 (note) All the cardinal points, and so the cross-points.
3. Mathematics. A point at which there is a crossing.
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1877 A. Cayley Math. Papers (1896) X. 318 When the curve described by P passes through V, the curves described by the two points P' will unite together at this point (W') as a node; viz. they will form a figure of eight, the crossing being at the cross-point (W'), which corresponds to the branch-point V.
4. plural. The points of a railway crossover.
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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > points
switch1837
point1838
railway switch1838
shunt1842
railroad switch1849
cross-points1896
1896 Westm. Gaz. 13 July 2/2 When the train has to pass over cross-points.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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