gammadion

noun

gam·​ma·​di·​on

gəˈmādēˌän,

gaˈ-,

-madē-,

-ēən

variants or less commonly gammation

-matē-

plural gammadia also gammatia

-ēə

: a cross formed of four capital gammas especially in the figure of a swastika or in that of a voided Greek cross

called also crux gammata, gammate cross

Word History

Etymology

modification of Medieval Latin gammadium, irregular from Late Latin gamma

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

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