英语词汇“chiastolites”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

chiastolites

释义

chiasma /kī-azˈmə/ or chiasm /kīˈazm/

noun (pl chiasˈmas, chiasˈmata or chiˈasms)

The cross-shaped connection formed by the crossing over of chromatids during meiosis (biology)
A decussation or intersection, esp that of the optic nerves (anatomy)

ORIGIN: Gr chiasma a cross-shaped mark, chiastos laid crosswise, like the Greek letter X (chi, chei)

chīasˈmus noun (pl chiasˈmi) (rhetoric)

Contrast by parallelism in reverse order, as Do not live to eat, but eat to live

chīasˈtic adjective

chīasˈtolite noun (Gr lithos a stone; mineralogy)

A variety of andalusite with black cruciform inclusions of carbonaceous matter

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