QUINCUNX


Meaning of QUINCUNX in English

[quin.cunx] n [L quincunc-, quincunx, lit., five twelfths, fr. quinque five + uncia twelfth part--more at five, ounce] (1658): an arrangement of five things in a square or rectangle with one at each corner and one in the middle -- quin.cun.cial or quin.cunx.ial adj

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