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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DECUSSATE

From Latin decussāre, from decussis the number ten, from decem ten.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DECUSSATE

decussate  [dɪˈkʌseɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECUSSATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decussate is a verb and can also act as an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb decussate in English.

WHAT DOES DECUSSATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

decussate

Decussation

Decussation is used in biological contexts to describe a crossing. In anatomy the term chiasma or chiasm means much the same as decussation. Examples include: ▪ In the brain, where nerve fibers obliquely cross from one lateral part to the other, that is to say they cross at a level other than their origin. See for example Decussation of pyramids. Decussation describes the point where the nerves cross from one side of the brain to the other, and typically the nerves from the left side of the body decussate to the right side of the brain and the nerves from the right side of the body decussate to the left brain, however depending on the function of the nerves the level of decussation is variable. ▪ In phyllotaxis when an opposite pattern of leaves has successive leaf pairs that are at right angles to each other, it is called decussate. In effect, successive pairs of leaves cross each other. Decussate phyllotaxis of Crassula rupestris ▪ In tooth enamel, where bundles of rods cross each other as they travel from the enamel-dentine junction to the outer enamel surface, or near to it.

Definition of decussate in the English dictionary

The first definition of decussate in the dictionary is to cross or cause to cross in the form of the letter X; intersect. Other definition of decussate is in the form of the letter X; crossed; intersected. Decussate is also arranged in opposite pairs, with each pair at right angles to the one above and below it.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DECUSSATE

PRESENT

Present
I decussate
you decussate
he/she/it decussates
we decussate
you decussate
they decussate
Present continuous
I am decussating
you are decussating
he/she/it is decussating
we are decussating
you are decussating
they are decussating
Present perfect
I have decussated
you have decussated
he/she/it has decussated
we have decussated
you have decussated
they have decussated
Present perfect continuous
I have been decussating
you have been decussating
he/she/it has been decussating
we have been decussating
you have been decussating
they have been decussating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I decussated
you decussated
he/she/it decussated
we decussated
you decussated
they decussated
Past continuous
I was decussating
you were decussating
he/she/it was decussating
we were decussating
you were decussating
they were decussating
Past perfect
I had decussated
you had decussated
he/she/it had decussated
we had decussated
you had decussated
they had decussated
Past perfect continuous
I had been decussating
you had been decussating
he/she/it had been decussating
we had been decussating
you had been decussating
they had been decussating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will decussate
you will decussate
he/she/it will decussate
we will decussate
you will decussate
they will decussate
Future continuous
I will be decussating
you will be decussating
he/she/it will be decussating
we will be decussating
you will be decussating
they will be decussating
Future perfect
I will have decussated
you will have decussated
he/she/it will have decussated
we will have decussated
you will have decussated
they will have decussated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been decussating
you will have been decussating
he/she/it will have been decussating
we will have been decussating
you will have been decussating
they will have been decussating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would decussate
you would decussate
he/she/it would decussate
we would decussate
you would decussate
they would decussate
Conditional continuous
I would be decussating
you would be decussating
he/she/it would be decussating
we would be decussating
you would be decussating
they would be decussating
Conditional perfect
I would have decussate
you would have decussate
he/she/it would have decussate
we would have decussate
you would have decussate
they would have decussate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been decussating
you would have been decussating
he/she/it would have been decussating
we would have been decussating
you would have been decussating
they would have been decussating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you decussate
we let´s decussate
you decussate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to decussate
Past participle
decussated
Present Participle
decussating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECUSSATE


aglossate
əˈɡlɒseɪt
ansate
ˈænseɪt
compensate
ˈkɒmpɛnˌseɪt
condensate
kənˈdɛnseɪt
decompensate
diːˈkɒmpɛnˌseɪt
extravasate
ɪkˈstrævəˌseɪt
fissate
ˈfɪseɪt
fixate
ˈfɪkseɪt
hydrolysate
haɪˈdrɒlɪˌseɪt
insensate
ɪnˈsɛnseɪt
intensate
ɪnˈtɛnseɪt
luxate
ˈlʌkseɪt
lysate
ˈlaɪseɪt
methotrexate
ˌmɛθəʊˈtrɛkseɪt
overcompensate
ˌəʊvəˈkɒmpɛnˌseɪt
pertusate
pəˈtjuːseɪt
pulsate
pʌlˈseɪt
sate
seɪt
sensate
ˈsɛnseɪt
tergiversate
ˈtɜːdʒɪvəˌseɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECUSSATE

decumbently
decumbiture
decumulation
decuple
decuria
decuries
decurion
decurionate
decurrency
decurrent
decurrently
decursion
decursive
decursively
decurvation
decurve
decurved
decury
decussately
decussation

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECUSSATE

apophysate
autolysate
bursate
dialysate
improvisate
incrassate
inspissate
irisate
marquessate
marquisate
paraglossate
paraphysate
perfusate
pyrolysate
vulcanisate

Synonyms and antonyms of decussate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «decussate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECUSSATE

Find out the translation of decussate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of decussate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decussate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

交互对生
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decussate
570 millions of speakers

English

decussate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

decussate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متصالب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

decussate
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decussate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

decussate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

decussate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Decussate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kreuzgegenständig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

X字形の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

decussate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Decussate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mọc tréo chư thập
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒன்றுக்கொன்றுகுறுக்கான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रद्द करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çaprazlama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decussate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

decussate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

decussate
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decussate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σταυρωτά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

decussate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

decussate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

decussate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decussate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECUSSATE»

The term «decussate» is normally little used and occupies the 131.530 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECUSSATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «decussate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «decussate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decussate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECUSSATE»

Discover the use of decussate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decussate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Plant Form: An Illustrated Guide to Flowering Plant Morphology
A change in phyllotaxis can occur along a single shoot, again often reflecting a change of orientation (such as metamorphosis, 348). A change from opposite decussate to spiral arrangement is common in dicotyledons, where the cotyledons ...
‎2008
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A Handbook of the World's Conifers (2 Vols.)
Leaves decussate, imbricate, scale-like, weakly dimorphic, turning copper-brown or purplish brown in winter. Pollen cones axillary. Seed cones hidden in shoot axils, minute, reduced to 2 pairs of bract-scales, the upper enclosing a single, ...
Aljos Farjon, 2010
3
The Pattern Book: Fractals, Art, and Nature
Spring. Tiles. the. Planes. of. Sunlight: Decussate. and. Tricussate. Phyllotaxy. in. New. Growth. Plant forms are characterized by arrangements of leaves around a stem: alternating, whorled, or spiraling. The various arrangements, or ...
Clifford A. Pickover, 1995
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Cosmatesque Ornament: Flat Polychrome Geometric Patterns in ...
[Left] Decussate-quincunx-in-quincunx. Detail of the pavement, San Francesco, Vetralla 4-25. [Left, below jDecussate-quincunx-in-quin- cunx. Detail of the pavement of tbe nave, Santa Francesca Romana, Rome LINEAR INTERLACING  ...
Paloma Pajares-Ayuela, 2001
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Symmetry in Plants
From previous work, it was known that decussate shoot apices were more eccentric than spiral shoot apices (Meicenheimer, 1981, 1982, 1987). One of the goals of the present research was to determine the relationship between changes in ...
Roger V. Jean, Denis Barabé, 1998
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Revision of Fossil Sequoia and Taxodium in Western North ...
In his original description of the genus Metasequoia (1941: 261), Miki compared its foliage and pistillate cones with those of Sequoia and Taxodium in the following terms : The cone is distinguished from that of Sequoia by the decussate  ...
Ralph W. Chaney, 2008
7
Caribbean Geology: Into the Third Millenium : Transactions ...
Species that have been described typically are distinguished by the profiles of branching systems, the spiral or decussate arrangement of leaves and the patterns of leaves on various levels of branching. Antepenultimate and penultimate ...
Trevor A. Jackson, 2002
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Tropical Forest Ecology : A View from Barro Colorado Island: ...
Table 5.4 Tree architecture classification of Leigh (1990) I. Trunk lacks above- ground branches: leaves disposed around erect stem, spiral or decussate: Palm model (Fig. 5.3) II. Above-ground branches present. Trunk sympodial, consisting of ...
Egbert Giles Leigh Jr. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 1999
9
A General History of the Dichleamydeous Plants ... Arranged ...
Glabrous herbs or subshrubs, erect, rarely twining. Stems obscurely tetragonal, usually branched; branches opposite, and thickened at the nodi. Leaves opposite , decussate, sessile,1nerved, thinnish, veined. Flowers disposed in terminal and  ...
George Don, 1838
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General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants: Vol.3
Leafy Declieuxia. Shrub. 10 D. coam'oaita (Mart. et Zucc. l. c.) sufl'ruticose, nearly simple, clothed with roughish pubescence; leaves opposite, decussate, approximate, sessile, ovate-cordate, acute, concave on the back; racemes bifid, terminal ...
George Don, 1834

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECUSSATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term decussate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Abnormal auditory pathways in PHOX2B mutation positive …
Many but not all fibers decussate. Of these decussations, the most ventral one at the level of the superior olive is the strongest, known as the ... «BMC Blogs Network, Mar 15»
2
An Homage to 'Teachers'
"Decussate". Huh? But rest assured, we knew the meanings the next day... because, believe you me, we were firmly tested on our knowledge. «Huffington Post, Jan 15»
3
Sai Kung coral hit by rapid die-off
Bleaching affects many species of coral - even the hardy pavona decussate, which is common in Hong Kong waters. The problem has also ... «South China Morning Post, Sep 14»
4
Charles Darwin's 'Abominable Mystery' To Be Uncovered By Scientists
Experts reveal that it bears alternate or decussate, simple evergreen leaves without stipules. According to the experts the leaves of this plant ... «News Tonight Africa, Dec 13»
5
Upsher-Smith introduces Nexa Plus prenatal vitamins
Other nutrients include vitamins C, D3, E, B6, folic acid, calcium, iron and the stool softener decussate calcium. The Nexa product line also ... «Drug Store News, Sep 12»
6
Black People, Free in name Only.
The topical political locution of writers of such publications often is directed singularly on talking points that decussate between the protection of ... «ThyBlackMan, Feb 12»
7
Ask a Scienceblogger: Sensation and Perception Basics
Likewise if you wanted to move your left arm, the signal would leave your right hemisphere's motor cortex, decussate at the level of the medulla, ... «ScienceBlogs, Jun 10»

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