Definition of "crosstalk" []

• Electronics Undesired signals or sounds, as of voices, in a telephone or other communications device as a result of coupling between transmission circuits. (noun)
• Ancillary, incidental conversation: crosstalk among members of the panel. (noun)

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• "Jiang Kun, a master of the Chinese comic art known as crosstalk, is also off the program this year, with columnists speculating it's because his skit touched on a train crash last year in Wenzhou."
• "Category 5 cable includes four balanced lines helps preserve a high signal-to-noise ratio despite interference from both external sources and other pairs (this latter form of interference is called crosstalk)."
• "Sharp says its new 3-D televisions will be brighter than those of the competition, while reducing the amount of "crosstalk," or blurriness, that sometimes occurs in 3-D models."