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cross-reference

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A reference from one part of a book, index, catalog, or file to another part containing related information.
  • transitive verb To provide with cross-references.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A reference in a book to another title, phrase, or passage in it for further treatment or elucidation of a subject.
  • To relegate or refer by a cross-reference; provide with cross-references.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A reference or direction in one place in a book or other source of information to information at another place in the same work
  • verb transitive To provide something with a cross-reference

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work

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