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pentadecathlons

pentadecathlons is the plural of pentadecathlon.

Meaning of pentadecathlon

Noun

pentadecathlon (plural pentadecathlons)

  1. A sporting event consisting of fifteen different sports or contests.
  2. A particular oscillator that returns to its initial state after 15 generations.
    • X! Produces a westward stream of lightweight spaceships representing prime numbers: a LWSS escapes past the pentadecathlon around generation 120n+100 if and only if n is prime.1993 March 16, David Bell, “Life program (part 6/18)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)

Questions about pentadecathlons

What is pentadecathlons the plural of?
Pentadecathlons is the plural of pentadecathlon.

Words near pentadecathlons in the dictionary

  1. pentadecaoxide
  2. pentadecapeptide
  3. pentadecapeptides
  4. pentadecasyllabic
  5. pentadecathlon
  6. pentadecathlons
  7. pentadecatoic acid
  8. pentadecene
  9. pentadecenes
  10. pentadecenoate
  11. pentadecenoates

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