chiasmic
/kaɪˈæzmɪk/
adjective
- Relating to or having the form of a chiasmus (a rhetorical or literary figure in which words or concepts are repeated in reverse order).
- Her speech used a chiasmic pattern, repeating ideas in an A-B-B-A order.
- The poet's chiasmic structure gave the verse a balanced, mirror-like quality.
- The chiasmic arrangement of the sentence made it memorable and elegant.
- Relating to a chiasm, especially the crossing of nerves or strands in biology.
- In genetics, chiasmic formations occur during meiosis.
- The chiasmic crossing of optic nerves is essential for binocular vision.
- The biologist studied the chiasmic patterns in the chromosomes.
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