decussatedadj.
a. Formed with crossing lines like an X; crossed, intersected; having decussations or intersections.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adjective] > crossing or crossed over each other > cross-shaped
decussated1658
decussative1658
cruciform1661
cross-shaped17..
crucial1706
decussate1825
cross-headed1866
ten-shaped1907
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus i, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 95 The decussated characters in many consulary Coynes.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. x. 430 A decussated cross.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Network Any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.
1841 Johnston in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 267 Shell..spirally ridged with fine decussated striæ in the interstices.
b. Rhetoric. Consisting of or characterized by two pairs of clauses or words, those in each pair corresponding to those in the other, but in reverse order; chiastic.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [adjective] > characterized by chiasmus
decussated1828
chiastic1868
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) In rhetoric, a decussated period is one that consists of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other.
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