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Decussation definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECUSSATION, n. The act of crossing at unequal angles; the crossing of two lines, rays or nerves, which meet in a point and then proceed and diverge.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X [syn: chiasma, chiasm, decussation]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1656 1. the action of crossing (as of nerve fibers) especially in the form of an X 2. a crossed tract of nerve fibers passing between centers on opposite sides of the nervous system

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Decussation De`cus*sa"tion, n. [L. decussatio.] Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Crossing, intersection.