▪ I. ˌcross-ˈreference, n.
[cross- 9.]
A reference made from one part of a book, register, dictionary, etc. to another part where the same word or subject is treated of.
| 1834 H. H. Baker Report Catal. Brit. Museum, It will hence be requisite that a cross-reference from the commentator's name be made to that of the original author. 1839 Brit. Museum Catal. Rule 54 Whenever requisite, cross-references to be introduced. 1892 Bookseller 17/1 The notes are handy, the cross references plentiful and useful. |
▪ II. ˌcross-ˈreference, v.
[f. the n.]
trans. To provide with a cross-reference or cross-references; to refer to by a cross-reference. Hence ˌcross-ˈreferenced ppl. a.; ˌcross-ˈreferencing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1902 H. B. Wheatley How to make Index iii. 73 If a general heading be divided into sections, and each of these be clearly defined, they should be cross referenced, but not otherwise. Ibid. 74 Cross referencing has its curiosities..‘Cattle see Clergy’. 1907 W. James Let. 18 May in R. B. Perry Tht. & Char. W.J. (1935) II. 506 You..stop him and cross-reference him and counter on him. 1914 Cath. Encycl. XVI. 88 Where several forms of the same name occur, all the references are grouped under one spelling to which the other forms are duly cross-referenced. 1922 Daily Mail 7 Dec. 10 It saves the unnecessary labour of cross-referencing. 1955 Sci. Amer. Jan. 95/1 Well thought out, clearly printed, skillfully cross-referenced. 1956 Nature 3 Mar. 402/2 A series of cross-referencing indexes. 1965 Math. in Biol. & Med. (Med. Res. Council) ii. 47 Although seemingly elaborate, this kind of cross-referencing is really quite natural in view of the facts of human family structure. |