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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
   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...
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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 plan...
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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 ...
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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 ter...
   Found op 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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   Quincunx
   [Roman coin] The quincunx was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic. The word quincunx comes from Latin "quinque" which means "five" and "uncia" which means "one twelfth", because the coin was valued at five-twelfths of an as (a libra), or five unciae. This value wa...
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   Quincunx
   A quincunx s is a geometric pattern consisting of five points arranged in a cross, that is five coplanar points, four of them forming a square or rectangle and a fifth at its center. It forms the arrangement of five units in the pattern corresponding to the five-spot on a six-sided die, playing car...
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    Quincunx
    [disambiguation] A quincunx is a geometric pattern consisting of five points, four in a square with one more in the middle of the square. Quincunx may also refer to: Quincunxes in literature include: In biology, "quincuncial" has multiple meanings but does not generally refer to the five-poi...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincunx_(disambiguation)
    
    

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