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Definition: QUINCUNX |
QUINCUNXNoun1. A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in aestivation. See Quincuncial, 2. 2. The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150. 3. 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. |
Date "QUINCUNX" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
Etymology: Quincunx \Quin"cunx\, noun. [Latin expression, from quinque five uncia an ounce. The quincunx was marked by five small spots or balls. See Five, and Ounce the weight.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Religion & Philosophy | Minor aspect. 150 degrees. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Quincunx expresses the arrangement of five units in the pattern corresponding to the five-spot on dice, playing cards, or dominoes. A quincunx looks like this:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Quincunx."
Crosswords: QUINCUNX |
| English words defined with "QUINCUNX": Lepidodendron ♦ Quincuncial, Quincuncially. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "QUINCUNX" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (quincunx). |
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| "QUINCUNX" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "QUINCUNX" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "QUINCUNX": quincunx planting. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "QUINCUNX": quincunx-panel. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
quincunx | 18 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "QUINCUNX"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | التخمسية المربع المخموس. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | plantning i krydsforband (quincuncial planting, quincunx planting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | planten in kruisverband (quincuncial planting, quincunx planting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | quincunx, quinconce. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kreuzpflanzung (quincuncial planting, quincunx planting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | piantagione a quinconce (quincuncial planting, quincunx planting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | queigeen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | incunxquay plantação em quicôncio (quincuncial planting, quincunx planting). (various references) tresbolillo. (various references) plantering i kryssförband (quincuncial planting, quincunx planting). (various references) beş noktanın düzeni. (various references) розташування в шахову порядку. (various references) cách sắp xếp nanh sấu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "QUINCUNX": quincunxes, quincunxial. (additional references) | |
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"QUINCUNX" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Qualcuno, quinconx. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-n-n-q-u-u-x" | |
-4 letters: quin, unci. | |
-5 letters: inn, nix, nun. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-n-n-q-u-u-x" | |
+2 letters: quincunxes. | |
+3 letters: quincunxial. | |
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