decussative

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɪˈkʌsətɪv/

Adjective

decussative (not comparable)

  1. Intersecting at an acute angle.
    • 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus
      the incession or local motion of animals is made with analogy unto this figure, by decussative diametrals, quincuncial lines and angles.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for decussative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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