decussation

noun /dɛkʌˈseɪʃən/

1. A crossing or intersection of lines etc. so as to form an X-shape.

   […] which being doubled at the angle, makes up the Letter χ, that is the Emphaticall decussation, or fundamentall figure.

Where it comes from

From Latin decussationem, from decussare.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry decussation (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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