Decussating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decussate \De*cus"sate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decussated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Decussating}.] [L. decussatus, p. p. of
     decussare to cross like an X, fr. decussis (orig. equiv. to
     decem asses) the number ten, which the Romans represented by
     X.]
     To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of


     X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures,
     rays of light, nerves, etc. Decussate