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quintates

UK/ˈkwɪnteɪts/

quintates is the plural of quintate.

Meaning of quintate

Noun

quintate (plural quintates)

  1. (rare) The set of the series of integers that occur between a multiple of five and the next (exclusive of those multiples).
    • We have as variations for the numbers from 6 to 9, 6 = X + 1…, 7 = X + 2, etc.,…the numerals of the second quintate repeating without the use of the expressed base five.1913, W.C. Eells, “Number Systems of the North American Indians”, in The American Mathematical Monthly, XX, page 294

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Questions about quintates

What is quintates the plural of?
Quintates is the plural of quintate.
How do you pronounce quintates?
Quintates is pronounced /ˈkwɪnteɪts/ (UK).

Words near quintates in the dictionary

  1. quintaries
  2. quintars
  3. quintary
  4. quintas
  5. quintate
  6. quintates
  7. quintating
  8. quintation
  9. quintations
  10. Quintavius
  11. quinte

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