cross-link noun 4verb 3forms 3 noun4 •A connection between data. •(Internet) An internal hyperlink to another webpage belonging to the same web domain. •A covalent bond (or series of bonds) between adjacent chains of a polymer •A similar bond between strands of nucleic acid verb3 •To connect the references of a pool of data to each other. •(Internet) To add an internal hyperlink between two webpages belonging to the same web domain. •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 formscross-linked · cross-linking · cross-links