chiasm

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin; in sense 1, from chiasma, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek χίασμα (khiasma); in sense 2, from chiasmus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek χιασμός (khiasmos "crossing, diagonal arrangement"), from χιάζειν (khiázein, “to mark with a chi”), from χ (kh, “chi”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪˑæzəm/

Noun

chiasm (plural chiasms)

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

Derived terms

• optic chiasm

Translations

alternative form of chiasma

• Greek:

  Ancient: χίασμα n (khíasma)

  Modern: χίασμα n (chíasma)

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alternative form of chiasmus

• Greek:

  Ancient: χιασμός m (khiasmós)

  Modern: χιασμός (el) m (chiasmós)

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Anagrams

• Michas, machis, samich, simcha