PENTAD


Meaning of PENTAD in English

/pen"tad/ , n.

1. a period of five years.

2. a group of five.

3. the number five.

4. Chem. a pentavalent element or group.

5. Climatol. a period of five consecutive days.

[ 1645-55; pentad- (s. of pentás ) group of five. See PENT-, -AD 1 ]

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