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pentachotomy

pentachotomy noun: the division of one into five separate but related parts.

Noun

pentachotomy (countable and uncountable, plural pentachotomies)

  1. The division of one into five separate but related parts.

Forms of pentachotomy

pluralpentachotomies

Origin of pentachotomy

From penta- + -chotomy, after dichotomy, or from Ancient Greek πένταχα (péntakha, “in five divisions”).

Questions about pentachotomy

What does pentachotomy mean?
Pentachotomy means the division of one into five separate but related parts.
What part of speech is pentachotomy?
Pentachotomy is a noun.
What is the plural of pentachotomy?
The plural of pentachotomy is pentachotomies.

Words near pentachotomy in the dictionary

  1. pentachord
  2. pentachords
  3. pentachoron
  4. pentachorons
  5. pentachotomies
  6. pentachotomy
  7. pentachromacy
  8. pentachromat
  9. pentachromatic
  10. pentachromats
  11. pentachrome

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