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cruciform

[ kroo-suh-fawrm ]

adjective

  1. being in the shape of a cross; cross-shaped.


noun

  1. a cross.

cruciform

/ ˈːɪˌɔː /

adjective

  1. shaped like a cross
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a geometric curve, shaped like a cross, that has four similar branches asymptotic to two mutually perpendicular pairs of lines. Equation: x ² y ² – a ² x ² – a ² y ² = 0, where x = y = ± a are the four lines
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܳˌڴǰ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • c·ڴǰm·ٲ noun
  • c·ڴǰl adverb
  • ԴDz·c·ڴǰ adjective
  • non·c·ڴǰl adverb
  • ܲ·c·ڴǰ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cruciform1

1655–65; < Latin cruci- (stem of crux ) cross + -form
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cruciform1

C17: from Latin crux cross + -form
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Example Sentences

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Leigh’s version employs a cruciform bust of a woman instead.

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One cruciform platform is aptly called the Blender.

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The couple soon moved to an 1823 Regency Gothic cruciform house in Wiltshire that had four wings, two of which became showrooms that began drawing the attention of London dealers.

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Around 2016, she went symmetrical, most impressively with a series of cruciform compositions defined by right-angled bands of slightly jarring colors radiating into the paintings’ corners.

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Her naked body was found in woodland at Nacton seven days later, deliberately "posed" in a "cruciform" shape with arms outstretched.

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