crosstalk
Britishnoun
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unwanted signals in one channel of a communications system as a result of a transfer of energy from one or more other channels
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rapid or witty talk or conversation
Example Sentences
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Before you begin, you need to set ground rules, like no crosstalk or fingerpointing or bad language or namecalling etc.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025
Listen to his tightly harmonized vocals in “Send It On” or to the gorgeously murky electric piano in “One Mo’Gin” or to the knotty percussive crosstalk in “Sugah Daddy.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
The final five minutes were almost unintelligible, marked almost entirely by crosstalk, as Baier refused to let Harris speak uninterrupted.
From Slate • Oct. 17, 2024
Although this research is in its early stages, “we are getting more and more confidence” that faulty crosstalk among organs drives decline over time, says neuroendocrinologist Dongsheng Cai of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
From Science Magazine • May 22, 2024
Was that crosstalk from another line or was another secret number being dialed?
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn
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