chiasm

== English == === 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”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaɪ.æzəm/ === Noun === chiasm (plural chiasms) Alternative form of chiasma. Alternative form of chiasmus. ==== Derived terms ==== optic chiasm ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === samich, Misach, Michas, Chimas, machis, Micahs, Machis, simcha == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French chiasme. === Noun === chiasm n (plural chiasme) (rhetoric) chiasmus ==== Declension ====