Look up: Quincunx

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   Quincunx
   Modern term for the chequerboard manipular battle order resembling the five dots on dice. note that this was NOT a term used by the ancient Romans for this type of battle deployment.
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   quincunx
   a method of setting out 4 young trees to form the corners of a square(square planting)with a fifth tree at its centre Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • minor aspect. 150 degrees. Category: Religion and philosophy
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   Quincunx
   Quin'cunx noun [ Latin , from quinque five + uncia an ounce. The quincunx was marked by five small spots or balls. See Five , and Ounce the weight.] 1. 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 ...
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   quincunx
   1. 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. ... 2. <astronomy> The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150 ...
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   Quincunx
   A `quincunx` is the arrangement of five units in the pattern corresponding to the five-spot on dice, playing cards, or dominoes. The quincunx was originally the symbol of the Roman coin of the same name, whose value was five twelfths (`quinque` + `uncia`) of an as. Typically, a quincunx consists of five objects arranged in a square, with one object at each of the square's four corners and the fifth in the square's center. If the four corner objec...
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   Quincunx
   • (n.) 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. • (n.) The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150
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   quincunx
   (from the article `architecture, Western`) ...on the arms of the cross, producing a true five-domed type such as St. Mark`s Cathedral at Venice, or placed above the eastern and western ... ...in the form of a niche, in which is placed an image. The Deogarh temple is also noteworthy for the large terrace with four corner shrines (now ......
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/q/8
   
   
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   quincunx
   (from the article `probability and statistics`) ...biological evolution, since Darwin`s theory was about natural selection acting on natural diversity. A figure from Galton`s 1877 paper on breeding ...
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   quincunx
   quincunx, quincuncial An arrangement of five objects in a square, with four at the corners and one in the center. Literally, 'five' plus uncia, 'a twelfth'.
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