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quincunxes

quincunxes 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 quincunxes

What is quincunxes the plural of?
Quincunxes is the plural of quincunx.

Words near quincunxes in the dictionary

  1. quincubital
  2. quincunces
  3. quincuncial
  4. quincuncially
  5. quincunx
  6. quincunxes
  7. quincunxial
  8. quincunxially
  9. quincuple
  10. quincuplex
  11. Quincy

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