English-Thai Dictionary
decussate
VT ไขว้ เป็น รูป กากบาท intersect khwai-pen-roob-kar-ka-bard
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DECUSSATE
v.t.[L. To cut or strike across. ] To intersect at acute angles, thus X; or in general, to intersect; to cross; as lines, rays, or nerves in the body.
DECUSSATE, DECUSSATED
a.Crossed; intersected. In botany, decussated leaves and branches, are such as grow in pairs which alternately cross each other at right angles, or in a regular manner. In rhetoric, a decussated period is one that consists of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other. For example, If impudence could effect as much in courts of justice, as insolence sometimes does in the country, Caesina would now yield to the impudence of Ebutius, as he then yielded to his insolent assault.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DECUSSATE
De *cus "sate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decussated; p. pr. & vb. n.Decussating. ] Etym: [L. decussatus, p. p. of decussare to cross like an X, fr. decussis (orig. equiv. to decem asses ) the number ten, which the Romans represented by X.]
Defn: To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.
DECUSSATE; DECUSSATED
DECUSSATE; DECUSSATED De *cus "sate, De *cus "sa *ted, a.
1. Crossed; intersected.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches.
3. (Rhet.)
Defn: Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period.
DECUSSATELY
DECUSSATELY De *cus "sate *ly, adv.
Defn: In a decussate manner.
New American Oxford Dictionary
decussate
dec us sate |ˈdekəˌsāt, diˈkəsāt ˈdɛkəseɪt | technical ▶verb [ reciprocal ] (of two or more things ) cross or intersect each other to form an X: the fibers decussate in the collar. ▶adjective |ˈdɛkəseɪt |shaped like an X. • Botany (of leaves ) arranged in opposite pairs, each pair being at right angles to the pair below. DERIVATIVES dec us sa tion |ˌdekəˈsāSHən |noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (as a verb ): from Latin decussatus, past participle of decussare ‘divide crosswise, ’ from decussis (describing the figure X, i.e., the Roman numeral for the number 10 ), from decem ‘ten. ’
Oxford Dictionary
decussate
decussate technical ▶verb |dɪˈkʌseɪt, ˈdɛkəseɪt | [ no obj. ] (of two or more things ) cross or intersect each other to form an X. ▶adjective |dɪˈkʌsət |shaped like an X. • Botany (of leaves ) arranged in opposite pairs, each pair being at right angles to the pair below. DERIVATIVES decussation |-ˈseɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (as a verb ): from Latin decussatus, past participle of decussare ‘divide crosswise ’, from decussis (describing the figure X, i.e. the Roman numeral for the number 10 ), from decem ‘ten ’.
The Wordsmith Dictionary