Meanings
noundecussation (plural decussations)
plural decussations
- A crossing or intersection of lines etc. so as to form an X-shape.
[…] 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, published 2007, page 167
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X
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Origin
- Latindecussationem
- Englishdecussation
From Latin decussationem, from decussare.
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decussation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decussation
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