chiasm
noun
1.
an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X
Origin
Latin; in sense 1, from chiasma, from Ancient Greek χίασμα (khiasma); in sense 2, from chiasmus, from Ancient Greek χιασμός (khiasmos "crossing, diagonal arrangement"), from χιάζειν (khiázein, “to mark with a chi”), from χ (kh, “chi”)
Phrases
- optic chiasm
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