Meanings
adjectivedecussative (not comparable)
- archaicnot comparableIntersecting at an acute angle.
decussative union
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decussative arrangement
[…] The inceſſion or locall motion of animals is made vvith analogy unto this figure, by decuſſative diametrals, Quincunciall Lines and angles.
1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter III.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 152
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