decussate

English

In zoology, Chaetodon decussatus is a fish with decussate markings

In botany, Swertia decussata is a plant with decussate foliage

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decussātus from decussāre (“to divide crosswise, arrange crosswise or mark with a cross”), from decussis (“a 10 asses coin”), from decem (“ten”) + as (“a Roman coin”). Based on the cross marking on the decussis coin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪˈkʌseɪt/

Adjective

decussate (comparative more decussate, superlative most decussate)

Crossed; intersected; resembling a letter X.
(zoology) Having anatomical structures or markings crossing each other, typically in an X shape or at right angles.
(botany) Having opposite leaves arranged alternately at right angles.
- 1849, John Craig, “Juniperites”, in A New Universal Etymological, Technological, and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, Embracing All the Terms Used in Art, Science, and Literature, volume II (Jac–Zyt), London: Published (for the proprietors,) by Henry George Collins, 22 Paternoster Row, OCLC 3119134, page 15:
  Juniperites, ju-ne-per-i′tis, s[ubstantive]. A genus of fossil plants, in which the branches are ranged irregularly; leaves short, obtuse, inserted by a broad base, opposite, decussate, and arranged in four rows.
(rhetoric) Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other.
a decussated period

Synonyms

decussant

Derived terms

decussately

Verb

decussate (third-person singular simple present decussates, present participle decussating, simple past and past participle decussated)

To form an X or to cross or intersect.
- 1949, Herbert Eugene Walter & Leonard Perkins Sayles, Biology of the Vertebrates:
  The two trochlears decussate in the anterior medullary velum.

Related terms

decussation
decussative

Italian

Adjective

decussate

feminine plural of decussato

Latin

Verb

decussāte

second-person plural present active imperative of decussō

单词	decussate
释义	decussate English In zoology, Chaetodon decussatus is a fish with decussate markings In botany, Swertia decussata is a plant with decussate foliage Etymology Borrowed from Latin decussātus from decussāre (“to divide crosswise, arrange crosswise or mark with a cross”), from decussis (“a 10 asses coin”), from decem (“ten”) + as (“a Roman coin”). Based on the cross marking on the decussis coin. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /dɪˈkʌseɪt/ Adjective decussate (comparative more decussate, superlative most decussate) Crossed; intersected; resembling a letter X. (zoology) Having anatomical structures or markings crossing each other, typically in an X shape or at right angles. (botany) Having opposite leaves arranged alternately at right angles. 1849, John Craig, “Juniperites”, in A New Universal Etymological, Technological, and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, Embracing All the Terms Used in Art, Science, and Literature, volume II (Jac–Zyt), London: Published (for the proprietors,) by Henry George Collins, 22 Paternoster Row, OCLC 3119134, page 15: Juniperites, ju-ne-per-i′tis, s[ubstantive]. A genus of fossil plants, in which the branches are ranged irregularly; leaves short, obtuse, inserted by a broad base, opposite, decussate, and arranged in four rows. (rhetoric) Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other. a decussated* period* Synonyms decussant Derived terms decussately Verb decussate (third-person singular simple present decussates, present participle decussating, simple past and past participle decussated) To form an X or to cross or intersect. 1949, Herbert Eugene Walter & Leonard Perkins Sayles, Biology of the Vertebrates: The two trochlears decussate in the anterior medullary velum. Related terms decussation decussative Italian Adjective decussate feminine plural of decussato Latin Verb decussāte second-person plural present active imperative of decussō
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