crosscut vs decussate

crosscut

verb
  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

noun
  • A crosswise cut. 

  • A shortcut. 

  • A crosscut saw. 

  • A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. 

  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

decussate

verb
  • To form an X or to cross or intersect. 

adj
  • Having opposite leaves arranged alternately at right angles. 

  • Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other. 

  • Crossed; intersected; resembling a letter X. 

  • Having anatomical structures or markings crossing each other, typically in an X shape or at right angles. 

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