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christcross en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (archaic) The figure of a cross formerly placed before the alphabet in hornbooks.
    • Near-synonym: Christcross-row
  2. (broadly) A crisscross symbol.
    • Movement of the edge dislocation from the blue to the red dashed lines. Spins of blue open circles and christcrosses change into red ones. Circle: up spin, christcross: down spin, and line: charge stripe. 2013, S. Sugai, Y. Takayanagi, N. Hayamizu, T. Muroi, R. Shiozaki, J. Nohara, K. Takenaka, K. Okazaki, Superconducting pairing and the pseudogap in nematic striped La2-xSrxCuO4, page 16:
    • Navy's white headstone, christcross in black. 2000, Unattributed, Ravishing disunities : real ghazals in English, page 121:
  3. A cross used as a signature mark by someone unable to write.

Forms

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christ-cross alternative lexicographic
Christcross alternative lexicographic
christcrosses Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

crisscross

Synonyms

Christcross-row