decussation
See also: décussation
English
Etymology
Latin decussationem, from decussare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛkʌˈseɪʃən/
Noun
decussation (plural decussations)
- A crossing or intersection of lines etc. so as to form an X-shape.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 167)
- […] which being doubled at the angle, makes up the Letter χ, that is the Emphaticall decussation, or fundamentall figure.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 167)