| 释义 |
decussated, ppl. a.
(see prec.)
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
Formed with crossing lines like an X; crossed, intersected; having decussations or intersections.
1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus i. 37 The decussated characters in many consulary coynes. 1686Plot Staffordsh. 430 A decussated cross. 1755Johnson, Network, any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections. 1841Johnston in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. 267 Shell..spirally ridged with fine decussated striæ in the interstices.
b. Rhet. 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.
1828Webster s.v., In rhetoric, a decussated period is one that consists of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other. |