cross A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a sa ...

is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars. Cross or The Cross may also refer to:

Religion

* Christian cross, the basic symbol of Christianity *

Cross necklace __NOTOC__ A cross necklace is any necklace featuring a Christian cross or crucifix. Crosses are often worn as an indication of commitment to the Christian faith, and are sometimes received as gifts for rites such as baptism and confirmation. Com ...

, a necklace worn by adherents of the Christian religion *

Scientology cross The Scientology cross is one of the principal symbols of Scientology. It is most often used to represent the Church of Scientology. The cross bears some resemblance to the Christian cross, but differs from it with the addition of four diagonal ...

, a symbol of Scientology

Business

* A. T. Cross Company, manufacturer of pens *

Cross (studio) was a Japanese adult video (AV) studio located in Tokyo at the Ebisu Garden Place Tower. Company information Cross was founded by directors Matsushima Cross (松嶋クロス) and Innjean Koga (インジャン古河) in late 2005, the event bei ...

, a Japanese adult video producer *

The Cross (nightclub) The Cross was a nightclub in York Way Goods Yard, King's Cross, London, England between 1993 and 2007, closing on New Year's Day 2008. The club was started by Billy Reilly and Keith Reilly (the subsequent founder of Fabric), who had originally ...

, a defunct nightclub in London, UK

Entertainment

* ''Cross'' (manga), a 1997 manga series by Sumiko Amakawa * ''Cross'' (TV series), a 2018 South Korean TV series * ''Cross'' (novel), a novel by James Patterson * ''Cross'', a 2009 film starring

Bai Ling Bai Ling (, born October 10, 1966) is a Chinese-American actress known for her work in the films ''The Crow'', ''Nixon'', ''Red Corner'', '' Crank: High Voltage'', ''Dumplings'', ''Wild Wild West'', ''Anna and the King'', ''Southland Tales'', and ...

* ''Cross'' (1987 film), a French crime film written and directed by Philippe Setbon * ''Cross'' (2011 film), an action film * ''Cross'' (2012 film), a crime thriller film * ''The Cross'' (2009 film), a documentary film directed by Matthew Crouch

Music

The Cross (band) The Cross were an English rock band formed in 1987 by Queen drummer Roger Taylor. They released three studio albums before splitting up in 1993. In contrast to Queen and other outside projects, Taylor fronted the band and played rhythm guit ...

, a side project of Queen's Roger Taylor * The Cross, a song from Prince's album ''

Sign o' the Times ''Sign o' the Times'' (often stylized as ''Sign "☮︎" the Times'') is the ninth studio album by American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Prince. It was first released on March 30, 1987 as a double album by Paisley Park ...

'' * ''Cross'' (Justice album), 2007, stylized as ''†'' * ''Cross'' (Sayuri Ishikawa album), 2012, stylized as ''X -Cross-'' * ''Cross'' (Luna Sea album), 2019 * "Cross", a song by Band-Maid from '' Just Bring It'' * "The Cross", song by Nas from ''God's Son'' (album) * "The Cross", a song by Prince from ''

Mathematics

Cross product In mathematics, the cross product or vector product (occasionally directed area product, to emphasize its geometric significance) is a binary operation on two vectors in a three-dimensional oriented Euclidean vector space (named here E), and is ...

, a binary operation on vectors in a three-dimensional Euclidean space * cross, a symbol in a system of symbolic logic developed by G. Spencer-Brown in his book ''

Laws of Form ''Laws of Form'' (hereinafter ''LoF'') is a book by G. Spencer-Brown, published in 1969, that straddles the boundary between mathematics and philosophy. ''LoF'' describes three distinct logical systems: * The "primary arithmetic" (described in Ch ...

'' * Cross, the square of the cosine in

Rational trigonometry ''Divine Proportions: Rational Trigonometry to Universal Geometry'' is a 2005 book by the mathematician Norman J. Wildberger on a proposed alternative approach to Euclidean geometry and trigonometry, called rational trigonometry. The book advocat ...

Objects

Cross (crown) A ''cross'' is the decoration located at the highest level of a crown on top of the ''monde''. Its usage traditionally symbolised the Christian nature of the monarchy of that country, though not all crowns even in monarchies associated with Christ ...

, the decoration located at the highest level of a crown *

X mark An X mark (also known as an ex mark or a cross mark or simply an X or ex or a cross) is used to indicate the concept of negation (for example "no, this has not been verified", "no, that is not the correct answer" or "no, I do not agree") as well ...

, a typographic mark that indicates negation, opposite to a check mark *

Cross (plumbing) A fitting or adapter is used in pipe systems to connect straight sections of pipe or tube, adapt to different sizes or shapes, and for other purposes such as regulating (or measuring) fluid flow. These fittings are used in plumbing to manipulat ...

People

Cross (surname) ''Cross'' is an English topographic surname for someone who lived on a road near a stone cross. Notable persons with the surname Cross include: By given name A–C * A.F. Cross (1863–1940), English poet, playwright, journalist and author ...

, people with the surname

Fictional characters

Alex Cross ''Alex Cross'' is a crime, mystery, and thriller novel series written by James Patterson. The series focuses on Metropolitan Police Department detective and father Alex Cross as he faces threats to his family and the city of Washington, D.C. ...

, a fictional character and the protagonist in a few James Patterson novels *

Carland Cross Carland Cross is a location in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, about six miles (10 kilometres) north of Truro at OS grid reference . At Carland Cross there are a hamlet, a road junction and a large wind farm. The road junction is in the civi ...

, a fictional character and the protagonist in the ''Carland Cross'' TV series and novels *

Cross Marian is a fictional character who appears in Katsura Hoshino's manga ''D.Gray-man''. Cross is an exorcist in charge of eliminating creatures known as Akumas alongside using the power of the Innocence. The abusive teacher of the series' main character, ...

, a fictional character in the manga ''D.Gray-man'' * Doctor Gina Cross, a fictional character in the ''Half-Life'' video game series * Noah Cross, a fictional character and villain in the 1974 film ''Chinatown'' * Sgt. Cross, a fictional character featured in the ''Need For Speed: Most Wanted'' and ''Need For Speed: Carbon'' video games *

Cross A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a sa ...

, one of the main characters in the manga and anime ''Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin''

Places

* Cross Island (disambiguation) * Cross Lake (disambiguation) * Cross River (disambiguation)

Australia

Kings Cross, New South Wales Kings Cross is an inner-city locality of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 2 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Sydney. It is bounded by the suburbs ...

, inner-city locality of Sydney, colloquially known as The Cross

United States

Cross, South Carolina Cross is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community located in rural northwestern Berkeley County, South Carolina, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. It is centered at the junctions of South Carolina Highway 6 and South Carolina ...

* Cross, West Virginia *

Cross, Wisconsin Cross is a town in Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 377 at the 2010 census. The ghost town of Bohri was located in the town. Cross is located in southern Buffalo County and is bordered by Trempealeau County to ...

Cross Seamount Cross Seamount is a seamount far southwest of the Hawaii archipelago, about equidistant from the cities of Honolulu and Kona. It is one of the numerous seamounts surrounding Hawaii, although unrelated to the Hawaiian hotspot. It is notable for ...

, Hawaii

England

* Cross, Croyde, North Devon * Cross,

Goodleigh Goodleigh is a village, civil parish and former manor in North Devon, England. The village lies about north-east of the historic centre of Barnstaple. Apart from one adjunct at the south, it is generally a linear settlement. The parish chur ...

, North Devon * Cross, Shropshire, Shropshire on List of United Kingdom locations: Croe-Cros *

Cross, Somerset Compton Bishop is a small village and civil parish, at the western end of the Mendip Hills in the English county of Somerset. It is located close to the historic town of Axbridge. Along with the village of Cross and the hamlets of Rackley and We ...

Northern Ireland

* Cross, County Down, a townland in

County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the ...

* Cross, County Antrim, a townland in

County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population o ...

* Cross, County Armagh, a townland in

County Armagh County Armagh (, named after its county town, Armagh) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the southern shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and ha ...

* Cross, County Fermanagh, a townland in

County Fermanagh County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...

Scotland

Cross, Lewis Cross ( gd, Cros) is a township on the Isle of Lewis in the community of Ness, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Cross is within the parish of Barvas. Cross is also situated on the A857, between Stornoway and Port of Ness A port ...

Republic of Ireland

* Cross, County Mayo * Cross, County Clare *

Cross (parish) Cross, also named Cross (Kilballyowen) is a parish in County Clare and part of the Cois Fharraige grouping of parishes within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. Current (2022) co-parish priest is Michael Casey. The history of the parish ...

, Catholic parish in County Clare

Sports

Cross (association football) In association football, a cross is a medium- to-long-range pass from a wide area of the field towards the centre of the field near the opponent's goal. Specifically, the intention of a cross is to directly bring the ball into the box from an angl ...

, a delivery of a ball from either side of the field across to the front of the goal *

Cross (boxing) In boxing, a straight or cross (also commonly called or a rear hand punch) are punches usually thrown with the dominant hand and are power punches like the uppercut and hook. Compubox, a computerized punch scoring system, counts the straight and ...

, a counter-punch used in boxing *

Snowboard cross Snowboard cross, also known as boardercross, is a snowboard competition in which four to six competitors race down a course. Snowboard cross courses are typically quite narrow and include cambered turns, various types of jumps, berms, rollers, ...

or Boarder Cross, a snowboard competition * Cyclo-cross, a race that involves cycling and running while carrying the bike, also called Cross *

Motocross Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom. History Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competi ...

Ski cross Ski cross is a skiing competition which incorporates terrain features traditionally found in freestyle skiing with courses which include big-air jumps and high-banked turns. In spite of the fact that it is a timed racing event, it is often cons ...

Other uses

Centres régionaux opérationnels de surveillance et de sauvetage In France, the general duty of coordinating maritime security and survey activities is assumed by seven ''Centres Régionaux Opérationnels de Surveillance et de Sauvetage'' (Regional Operating Surveillance and Rescue Centres; French acronym ''CROS ...

(CROSS) * Cross, short for

Crossover Crossover may refer to: Entertainment Albums and songs * ''Cross Over'' (Dan Peek album) * ''Crossover'' (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles album), 1987 * ''Crossover'' (Intrigue album) * ''Crossover'' (Hitomi Shimatani album) * ''Crossover'' (Yoshino ...

, a type of a sport utility vehicle built on a car platform *

Hybrid (biology) In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species or genera through sexual reproduction. Hybrids are not always intermediates between their parents (such as in ...

(or cross), two distinct genetic lines, one of the basic methods of experimental genetics * Cross, a synonym for

anger Anger, also known as wrath or rage, is an intense emotional state involving a strong uncomfortable and non-cooperative response to a perceived provocation, hurt or threat. A person experiencing anger will often experience physical effects, su ...