Dictionary

chiasm en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkaɪ.æzəm/

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”)

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of chiasma.
   alt of chiasma
2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of chiasmus.
   alt of chiasmus

Forms

Deriveds

optic chiasm · heterochiasmy

Translations (6)

el χιασμός (alternative form of chiasmus) · pl chiazma (alternative form of chiasma) · pl chiazm (alternative form of chiasmus) · grc χιασμός (alternative form of chiasmus) · grc χίασμα (alternative form of chiasma) · el χίασμα (alternative form of chiasma)