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cross-link

noun cross-links

A covalent bond (or series of bonds) between adjacent chains of a polymer
A similar bond between strands of nucleic acid
Internet An internal hyperlink to another webpage belonging to the same web domain. There's no downside to providing reasonable cross links, and several reasons for providing them. For example, effective cross-linking keeps visitors on your site longer (as opposed to heading off-site because they can't find what they need on your site."
broadly A connection between data. (12)For the identification of cross-links between terrorism investigations and judicial proceedings against suspects of terrorist offences, reliable identification data is crucial. Due to the uncertainties regarding alphanumerical data especially for third country nationals, it should be possible to

verb cross-links · cross-linking · cross-linked

To join polymer chains together to form one single molecule. An object made from a crosslinked material contains only one supergiant molecule. Crosslinking may take place through covalent bonds or ionic bonds
Internet To add an internal hyperlink between two webpages belonging to the same web domain. There's no downside to providing reasonable cross links, and several reasons for providing them. For example, effective cross-linking keeps visitors on your site longer (as opposed to heading off-site because they can't find what they need on your site."
broadly To connect the references of a pool of data to each other. Article 20 of the "General Data Protection Regulation” concerns immunity from automated profiling except under specified circumstances. It is conceivable that this may affect future applications of e.g. ANPRS systems (which already permit the automated and undetected identification of vehicles) comb

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noun a link between adjacent chains of a polymer

Italiano	reticolazione

verb to form a link between adjacent chains of a polymer

Deutsch	vernetzen

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@misc{cross_link_2026,
  title = {cross-link},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cross-link},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}