decussation
See also: décussation
English
editEtymology
editLatin decussationem, from decussare.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdecussation (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, published 2007, page 167:
- […] which being doubled at the angle, makes up the Letter χ, that is the Emphaticall decussation, or fundamentall figure.