crosscutting
Spanning multiple categories
Crosscutting describes something that spans or intersects multiple categories, domains, or groups rather than belonging to just one.
A crosscutting issue affects several departments.
Crosscutting themes run through different chapters of a book.
In film, crosscutting is an editing technique that alternates between two or more scenes happening simultaneously: The director used crosscutting to build tension between the chase and the ticking bomb.
Partial coincidence of coverage
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- crisscrossOverlapping lines in X-shapes
- diagonalSlanting line or path
transverse · perpendicular · lattice · mesh · interlace · weave · crossing · bisecting
Incision from a blade
- bandsawLooped-blade cutting machine
- sawdustPowdery timber waste
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- lumberSawn wood for building
timber · hardwood · softwood · plywood · veneer · handsaw · jigsaw · woodshop
Alternating between parallel scenes
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
- narrativeAccount of events
- editingRefining content for clarity
flashback · sequence · pacing · continuity · transition · split-screen · interweaving · counterpoint
Involving several academic fields
- interagencyInvolving multiple government organizations
- holisticAddressing interconnected wholes
- integrationCombining into a whole
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
coordination · framework · alignment · coherence · partnership · cross-functional · synthesis · interconnected
overlap
Partial coincidence of coverage
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- crisscrossOverlapping lines in X-shapes
diagonal · transverse · perpendicular · lattice · mesh · interlace · weave · crossing · bisecting · traverse
kerf
Incision from a blade
lumber · timber · hardwood · softwood · plywood · veneer · handsaw · jigsaw · woodshop · carpentry
intercutting
Alternating between parallel scenes
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
- narrativeAccount of events
editing · flashback · sequence · pacing · continuity · transition · split-screen · interweaving · counterpoint · nonlinear
multidisciplinary
Involving several academic fields
- interagencyInvolving multiple government organizations
- holisticAddressing interconnected wholes
- integrationCombining into a whole
collaboration · coordination · framework · alignment · coherence · partnership · cross-functional · synthesis · interconnected · bridging
- lumber industrysawmill, logs, timber harvesting, logging, lumber yards
- film techniquesdolly zoom, closeup, close-up, fade, wide shot
- Power Tool Actionsdrilling, sanding, sawing, grinding, routing
- workshop skillssawing, sanding, planing, chiseling, carving
- film timeflashback, flash forward, flash-forward, time lapse, time-lapse
- wood cutsrip cut, miter cut, bevel cut, dado, rabbet
crosscuttingsiloed
Kept apart, uncommunicating
isolated · compartmentalized · narrow · domain-specific · localized
crosscuttingvertical
At right angles groundward
hierarchical · departmental · divisional · stovepiped · top-down
crosscuttingsiloed
Kept apart, uncommunicating
disconnected · segregated · fragmented · partitioned · self-contained
cutting, intersection, crossroads, crossroad, crosswise, crossbar, intersecting, crosscut, crosstown