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Chiasm

//ˈkaɪ.æzəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of chiasma. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X wordnet
  3. 3
    Alternative form of chiasmus. alt-of, alternative

Etymology

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”)

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