chiasm

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Alternative form of chiasma
2. Alternative form of chiasmus

Sinonieme

chiasma

decussation

cross

crossing over

dagger

🗡️

club

diesis

obelisk

Cross

double dagger

Vertalings

quiasma

quiasma

quiasma

chiasma

chiasma

Chiasma

χιασμός

χίασμα

décussation

x-vormige kruising

chiasma

chíasma

Nervenbahnenkreuzung

kiyasma

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkaɪ.æzəm/

Etimologie (Engels)

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”)