cruciform

American  

[kroo-suh-fawrm] / ˈkru səˌfɔrm /

adjective

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

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noun

1. a cross.

cruciform British  

/ ˈkruːsɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. shaped like a cross

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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

Other Word Forms

• cruciformity
  noun
• noncruciform
  adjective
• subcruciform
  adjective
• cruciformly
  adverb
• noncruciformly
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of cruciform

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

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Example Sentences

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cruciform

Though I find his high-keyed color synthetic and cloying, a cruciform room frames Parrish’s work with the solemnity of a chapel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

She had been posed in a cruciform shape with her arms outstretched.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

The cruciform brick church, with a large circular window over its entrance, sits in a quiet church graveyard shaded by enormous live oaks and magnolias.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021

I can tell where an intersection is because crisscrossing rows of fronds make the shape of a cruciform in the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2021

They bolt the gun to a cruciform mount and cover it with camouflage tarps.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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