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What (who) is quincunx - definition

GEOMETRIC PATTERN CONSISTING OF FIVE POINTS ARRANGED IN A CROSS, WITH FOUR OF THEM FORMING A SQUARE OR RECTANGLE AND A FIFTH AT ITS CENTER

Quincuncial; Inconjunct; Quincunxial

Quincunx

·noun The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150°.

II. Quincunx ·noun A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in aestivation. ·see Quincuncial, 2.

III. Quincunx ·noun An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions.

quincunx

['kw?nk??ks]

¦ noun (plural quincunxes)

1. an arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its centre.

2. Astrology an aspect of 150°, equivalent to five zodiacal signs.

Derivatives

quincuncial kw?n'k?n?(?)l adjective

quincuncially adverb

Origin

C17: from L., lit. 'five twelfths', from quinque 'five' + uncia 'twelfth'.

Quincunx

A quincunx () is a geometric pattern consisting of five points arranged in a cross, with four of them forming a square or rectangle and a fifth at its center.Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed.

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Quincunx

A quincunx () is a geometric pattern consisting of five points arranged in a cross, with four of them forming a square or rectangle and a fifth at its center. The same pattern has other names, including "in saltire" or "in cross" in heraldry (depending on the orientation of the outer square), the five-point stencil in numerical analysis, and the five dots tattoo. It forms the arrangement of five units in the pattern corresponding to the five-spot on six-sided dice, playing cards, and dominoes. It is represented in Unicode as U+2059 ⁙ FIVE DOT PUNCTUATION or (for the die pattern) U+2684 ⚄ DIE FACE-5.

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