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quincunces

quincunces is the plural of quincunx.

Meaning of quincunx

Noun

quincunx (plural quincunxes or quincunces)

  1. An arrangement of five units with four forming the corners of a square and the fifth at the centre of the square, a pattern corresponding to the five-spot on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
  2. An angle of five-twelfths of a circle, or 150°, between two objects.
  3. A Galton board.
    • In 1873–74 Sir Francis Galton (Charles Darwin’s cousin) designed an apparatus that he later named the quincunx.1998, Deborah J. Bennett, Randomness, Harvard University Press, page 104
  4. (historical) A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at five-twelfths of an as.

Questions about quincunces

What is quincunces the plural of?
Quincunces is the plural of quincunx.

Words near quincunces in the dictionary

  1. Quincke's edema
  2. quinclorac
  3. quincolor
  4. quinconazole
  5. quincubital
  6. quincunces
  7. quincuncial
  8. quincuncially
  9. quincunx
  10. quincunxes
  11. quincunxial

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