decussative

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈkʌsətɪv/

Adjective

decussative (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Intersecting at an acute angle.

   decussative arrangement

   decussative union

   • 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:

     […] The inceſſion or locall motion of animals is made vvith analogy unto this figure, by decuſſative diametrals, Quincunciall Lines and angles.

Derived terms

• decussatively

 

References

• “decussative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.