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Encyclopedia > Crossing

Cross, crossing or to cross can have one of the following meetings.

  • A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars intersecting each other at a 90° angle, dividing one or two of the lines in half. Crosses can have many symbolic meanings and there exists a host of variaties for emblematic use.
  • A cross is also any physical construction (as in carpentry) made to this design, which is more stable then one or two independent poles, and therefore beter suited to support an object or tie an animal or person to- thus it's also a metonymic term for a crucifixion and a favorite position in BDSM.
  • Crosses is a commune of the Cher département, in France
  • The "cross" is the name given to a symbol in a system of symbolic logic developed by G. Spencer-Brown in his book Laws of Form.
  • A crossing can sometimes refer to a type of road junction. See Crossroads.
  • A cross is a counter-punch used in boxing.
  • In soccer, a cross is a delivery of a ball from either side of the field across to the front of the goal.

A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars intersecting each other at a 90° angle, dividing one or two of the lines in half. ... Crucifixion is an ancient method of execution, in which the victim was tied or nailed to a large wooden cross (Latin: crux) and left to hang there until dead. ... A collar is a common symbol of BDSM. BDSM is a term which describes a number of related patterns of human sexual behaviour. ... The commune (in French: commune, word appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin communia, gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common) is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... Cher is a département in the center of France. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ... First published in 1969 and currently out of print, Laws of Form is a book by the British mathematician G. Spencer-Brown. ... Mathematical logic is a discipline within mathematics, studying formal systems in relation to the way they encode intuitive concepts of proof and computation as part of the foundations of mathematics. ... G. Spencer-Brown (April 2, 1923) was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England and is a British mathematician. ... First published in 1969 and currently out of print, Laws of Form is a book by the British mathematician G. Spencer-Brown. ... In the field of road transport, a road junction is a place where two or more roads either meet or cross. ... A crossroads (the word rarely appears in singular) is another word for road junction, where two or more roads meet (there are three or more arms). ... In boxing, a cross is a counter-punch. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... In association football (soccer), a cross is a delivery of a ball from either side of the field across to the front of the goal. ... In Association Football (soccer), the term goal refers to both the result of a score and the physical structure that defines when a score has occurred. ...

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Christian cross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1971 words)
The Cross was the first of the Instruments of the Passion that came to be venerated in the form of relics.
Connected with the cross is the medieval legend of the Tree of Jesse, from the wood of which the cross was said to have been fashioned.
Denotes a glorification of the cross, this form was inspired by the cult of the cross that arose after Saint Helena's discovery of the true cross in Jerusalem in 327.
Cross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1688 words)
A simple heraldic cross (the default if there are no additional specifying words) has arms of roughly equal length, artistically proportioned to the particular shape of the shield, which extend to the edges of the shield.
Illustrated is the blazon "Azure, a cross Or" (i.e.
The Crux, or Southern Cross, is a cross-shaped a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere.
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