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quintades

quintades is the plural of quintade.

Meaning of quintade

Noun

quintade (plural quintades)

  1. Synonym of pentad: A 5-year period, particularly in reference to the first and second halves of calendrical decades.
    • Thus it appears, that the greatest number of cases of uterine cancer occurs between the ages of 30 and 40, and 40 and 45; that nearly equal numbers take place in the first decade, and the latter quintade; that, nevertheless, if the quintades of the latter decade be conjoined, very nearly double the...1833, Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal - Volume 40 - Page 368
    Synonyms:
    pentad

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Noun capitalized: Quintades

Quintades

  1. (plural) plural of Quintade

Questions about quintades

What is quintades the plural of?
Quintades is the plural of quintade.
What part of speech is quintades?
Quintades is a noun.

Words near quintades in the dictionary

  1. quintade
  2. quintadena
  3. quintadenas
  4. quintadene
  5. quintadenes
  6. quintades
  7. quintads
  8. quintagenarian
  9. quintagenarians
  10. Quintaglie
  11. quintagon

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