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noun
Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly
Synonym of quinquennium: a five-year period, especially in reference to the first and second halves of calendrical decades.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: quinquennium
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noun
Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly
A five-day period, especially a temperature average taken every five days.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, natural-sciences
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noun
Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly
A five-day division of the Chinese calendar, forming part of a solar term (Chinese: 候).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly
A pentavalent element or group: an atom or molecule with a valence of five, comparable with five atoms of hydrogen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe
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Broader terms: digit, figure
History
From Ancient Greek πεντάς (pentás), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + -άς (-ás, “-ad”). By surface analysis, pent- + -ad.
Across languages
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