Criss Cross
Encyclopedia
People
- Kris KrossKris KrossKris Kross was an American rap duo of the 1990s comprising Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly and Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith. The duo are best known for their hit 1992 song "Jump", which was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and was certified double platinum as a single...
, an American rap duo - Criss Cross JazzCriss Cross JazzCriss Cross Jazz is a Dutch jazz record label, specializing in American jazz.Criss Cross was founded in 1980 by Gerry Teekens, a drummer and German professor. The label, which releases about 20 albums per year, is noted for its simple, block-color cover art...
, a jazz label - Chris CrossChris CrossChris Cross is the bass guitarist in the band Ultravox.-Early years:Cross went to Belmont Secondary Modern School, William Forster Comprehensive...
, bassist for the UK band Ultravox - ChrisCrossChrisCrossChrisCross is a comic book illustrator, known mostly for his stints pencilling Milestone Comics' Blood Syndicate and Heroes, Marvel Comics' Captain Marvel and Slingers, and DC Comics' Firestorm....
, an American comic book artist - Christopher CrossChristopher CrossChristopher Cross is an American singer-songwriter from San Antonio, Texas. His debut album earned him five Grammys. He is perhaps best known for his Top Ten hit songs, "Sailing", "Ride Like the Wind", and "Arthur's Theme ", the last of which he performed for the film Arthur starring Dudley Moore...
, (born 1951), American singer and songwriter, or his debut album, Christopher Cross (album)Christopher Cross (album)Christopher Cross is the self-titled debut album by Christopher Cross, released in 1979 . In 1981, it won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year...
In TV and Film
- Chris Cross (TV series)Chris Cross (TV series)Chris Cross was a children's sitcom co-produced by Central TV and Cinar, in association with Showtime, in 1993. Based in an English boarding school, it dealt with the transition from single to mixed-sex, and the rivalry between two male characters. It was filmed on location at Thoresby Hall,...
, a 1993 UK television comedy series - Criss Cross (1949 film)Criss Cross (1949 film)Criss Cross is a 1949 film noir, directed by Robert Siodmak from a novel of the same name by Don Tracy. This black-and-white film was shot partly on location in the Bunker Hill section of Los Angeles. The film was written by Daniel Fuchs. Franz Planer's cinematography creates a black-and-white...
, a 1949 film starring Burt Lancaster - CrissCrossCrissCrossCrissCross is a 1992 feature film directed by Chris Menges, based on the novel by Scott Sommer. It stars Goldie Hawn, Arliss Howard, Keith Carradine, Steve Buscemi, and David Arnott.- Plot :...
, a 1992 film starring Goldie Hawn
Books
- Criss Cross (novel), a 1934 novel by Don Tracy
- Criss Cross (novel)Criss Cross (novel)Criss Cross is a novel by Lynne Rae Perkins that won the 2006 Newbery Medal for excellence in children's literature. It followed the character Debbie from her previous novel All Alone in the Universe, but introduced several new characters, primarily her neighborhood friends Hector, Lenny and...
, a novel by Lynne Rae Perkins, recipient of the 2006 Newbery Medal - CRISSCROSS (novel)Crisscross (novel)Crisscross is the eighth volume in a series of Repairman Jack books written by American author F. Paul Wilson. The book was first published by Gauntlet Press in a signed limited first edition then later as a trade hardcover from Forge and a mass market paperback from Forge ....
, a 2004 Repairman Jack novel by F. Paul Wilson
Other uses
- Criss cross, the shape more correctly known as a Greek cross or CrossbuckCrossbuckA crossbuck is a sign composed of two slats of wood or metal of equal length, fastened together on a pole in a saltire formation...
- Crisscross applesauce, a style of sitting, also known as Tailor or Indian style
- Criss-cross squeezeCriss-cross squeezeIn contract bridge, the criss-cross squeeze is a variant of the simple squeeze where both menaces are blocked. However, the blocking card in one suit provides the necessary entry to the other menace. Unblocking in the right order will establish the additional winner, but requires an exact count of...
, a squeeze play in bridge - Criss Cross (album)Criss Cross (album)Criss Cross is Thelonious Monk's 26th album and his second with Columbia Records. The album consists of previously released Monk compositions that were re-recorded and re-released under Columbia Records by the Thelonious Monk Quintet.- History :...
, a 1962 jazz album by Thelonious MonkThelonious MonkThelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"... - Criss Cross (clothing company), a clothing company
- Criss Cross, a registered historic place in New Kent County, Virginia
- Criss-CrossCriss-CrossCriss-Cross was an artist's cooperative that formed in Colorado in the early 1970s. Having evolved out of Drop City, the 1960s artists' community, C-C focused on issues surrounding "pattern and structure" and became associated with the 70's art movement "P&D" .In 1974, the five founders, Gene...
, artist's cooperative that formed in Colorado in the early 1970s. - Criss cross (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling move wherein two wrestlers are running across the ring and bouncing off the ropes at the same time.
Science, technology, and engineering
- Criss-cross algorithmCriss-cross algorithmIn mathematical optimization, the criss-cross algorithm denotes a family of algorithms for linear programming. Variants of the criss-cross algorithm also solve more general problems with linear inequality constraints and nonlinear objective functions; there are criss-cross algorithms for...
, a basis-exchange pivoting algorithm for linear programming (and more general problems in mathematical optimization). - criss-cross inheritance, the inheritance of characteristics or conditions from the parent of the opposite sex.
- Crisscross methodCrisscross methodThe Crisscross method is a method of finding out the chemical formula of a metal and non-metal that combine to form an ionic bond.To use this method, the absolute value of the oxidation number of the first ion is used as the subscript of the second, and vice versa. The subscripts are then reduced...
for naming molecules (in analytic chemistry).