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quinary

[ kwahy-nuh-ree ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or consisting of five.
  2. arranged in fives.
  3. of, relating to, or noting a numerical system based on the number 5.


noun

, plural qui·na·ries.
  1. a number in a quinary system.

quinary

/ ˈkwaɪnərɪ /

adjective

  1. consisting of fives or by fives
  2. fifth in a series
  3. (of a number system) having a base of five
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a set of five
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quinary1

1595–1605; < Latin quīnārius, equivalent to quīn ( ī ) five each + -ārius -ary
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quinary1

C17: from Latin quīnārius containing five, from quīnī five each
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Example Sentences

In the Mollusca circle two classes are still wanting to complete the quinary arrangement of that sub-kingdom.

Subordinate to either one of these the quinary may and often does appear.

In its structure the quinary is the simplest, the most primitive, of the natural systems.

Up to this point the Greenlander's scale is almost purely quinary.

The foregoing examples will show with considerable fulness the wide dispersion of the quinary scale.

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