cross talk
noun
1
: unwanted signals in a communication channel (as in a telephone, radio, or computer) caused by transference of energy from another circuit (as by leakage or coupling)
2
a
: conversation that does not relate to the main topic being discussed
b
: conversation or repartee engaged in for an audience
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With every additional pathway, the odds of metabolism-disrupting cross talk get higher.
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WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
However, a straightforward application of the bus introduced cross talk between the pixels that destroyed the device’s sensitivity.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 July 2023
Aside from cross talk between both sides, the event stayed peaceful as dozens of vehicles and officers lined the street outside Chicago’s Kluczynski Federal Plaza, separating the groups.
—Hank Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2023
Throughout development there is constant cross talk from processes that happen at different scales of biological organization.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 18 Apr. 2023
However increasing the plane density can also generate interference in the form of cross talk, Gong says.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Apr. 2023
This leads to all kinds of cross talk and arguing.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Feb. 2022
Brain waves recorded from the scalp on an electroencephalogram, or EEG, show the cross talk of neurons collectively firing waves of electrical impulses across the outermost regions of the brain, or the cerebral cortex, which is typically seen as the control center.
—Max G. Levy, Wired, 11 May 2021
The two areas are normally in constant cross talk, filtering and analyzing sensory data and making continual adjustments to attention and alertness.
—Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2011
WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
However, a straightforward application of the bus introduced cross talk between the pixels that destroyed the device’s sensitivity.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 July 2023
Aside from cross talk between both sides, the event stayed peaceful as dozens of vehicles and officers lined the street outside Chicago’s Kluczynski Federal Plaza, separating the groups.
—Hank Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2023
Throughout development there is constant cross talk from processes that happen at different scales of biological organization.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 18 Apr. 2023
However increasing the plane density can also generate interference in the form of cross talk, Gong says.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Apr. 2023
This leads to all kinds of cross talk and arguing.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Feb. 2022
Brain waves recorded from the scalp on an electroencephalogram, or EEG, show the cross talk of neurons collectively firing waves of electrical impulses across the outermost regions of the brain, or the cerebral cortex, which is typically seen as the control center.
—Max G. Levy, Wired, 11 May 2021
The two areas are normally in constant cross talk, filtering and analyzing sensory data and making continual adjustments to attention and alertness.
—Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2011
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“Cross talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cross%20talk. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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