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Decussation

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.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Decussate 74% connected

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.

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Decussate 74% connected

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.

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Chiasm 92% connected

Alt. of Chiasma

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Chiasma 92% connected

A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves.

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-tre noun · 78% connection

The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped t…

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Acute adjective · 78% connection

Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.

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Acute-angled adjective · 78% connection

Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.

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Angle noun · 78% connection

The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.

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Angular adjective · 78% connection

Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figu…

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Bell crank unknown · 78% connection

A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pu…

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Beriberi noun · 78% connection

An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility,…

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Bevel noun · 78% connection

Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inc…

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Cancellate verb · 78% connection

Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles.

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Celestial longitude noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to…

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Crossbarred adjective · 78% connection

Made or patterned in lines crossing each other; as, crossbarred muslin.

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Crossbones noun · 78% connection

two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death

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Crossing verb · 78% connection

The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.

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Crosslet adjective · 78% connection

Crossed again; -- said of a cross the arms of which are crossed. SeeCross-crosslet.

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Diagonal adjective · 78% connection

Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle…

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Gore verb · 78% connection

One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.

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Grating noun · 78% connection

A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spect…

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Hatching noun · 78% connection

A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles…

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