decussation

See also: décussation

English

Etymology

Latin decussationem, from decussare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɛkʌˈseɪʃən/

Noun

decussation (plural decussations)

  1. 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.
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