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单词 decussate
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decussateadj.

/dɪˈkʌsət/
Etymology: < Latin decussātus, past participle of decussāre : see decuss v.
1. Having the form of an X.
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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
1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1538 The letter X, styled a cross decussate.
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 85 The decussate cross now known as the cross of St. Andrew.
2. Botany. Of leaves, etc.: Arranged on the stem in successive pairs, the directions of which cross each other at right angles, so that the alternate pairs are parallel.
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1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) II. 382 Decussate, arranged in pairs that alternately cross each other.
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 259 The stem has four angles, and bears decussate pairs of opposite leaves.

Derivatives

deˈcussately adv. in a decussate manner.
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1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 329 Folia..transversely coalescent or intersecting one another (decussately aggregated).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

decussatev.

Brit. /dɪˈkʌseɪt/, /ˈdɛkəseɪt/, U.S. /ˈdɛkəˌseɪt/
Etymology: < Latin decussāt-, participial stem of decussāre : see decuss v.
1. transitive. To cross, intersect, lie across, so as to form a figure like the letter X.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > intersect [verb (transitive)]
crossc1400
overcarvec1400
cut?a1475
intersect1615
decussate1658
decuss1782
transect1861
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 149 The right and transverse fibres are decussated, by the oblique fibres.
1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 221 These Rainbows did not..decussate one another at right angles.
1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved viii. 97 The inner [fibres] always decussate or cross the outer.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 583/1 Their medullary fibres..converge and decussate each other.
2. intransitive. To cross or intersect each other; to form a figure like the letter X.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > intersect [verb (intransitive)]
interject1605
interfere1647
decussate1713
intersect1849
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. vii. 153 The Fibres of the external and internal Intercostals decussate.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 251/1 Sometimes they [ligaments] cross or decussate with each other.
1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 198 Optic nerves, commissurally united, not decussating.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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