quinary
[kwahy-nuh-ree]
- pertaining to or consisting of five.
- arranged in fives.
- of, relating to, or noting a numerical system based on the number 5.
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- a number in a quinary system.
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Origin of quinary
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Subordinate to either one of these the quinary may and often does appear.
The Number ConceptLevi Leonard Conant
In its structure the quinary is the simplest, the most primitive, of the natural systems.
The Number ConceptLevi Leonard Conant
Associated words: quinary, quintuple, quintuplicate, quincunx.
Putnam's Word BookLouis A. Flemming
In the Mollusca circle two classes are still wanting to complete the quinary arrangement of that sub-kingdom.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)William Kirby
The foregoing examples will show with considerable fulness the wide dispersion of the quinary scale.
The Number ConceptLevi Leonard Conant
quinary
- consisting of fives or by fives
- fifth in a series
- (of a number system) having a base of five
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- a set of five
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Word Origin for quinary
C17: from Latin quīnārius containing five, from quīnī five each
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Word Origin and History for quinary
c.1600, from Latin quinarius "consisting of five, containing five," from quint "five each" (see five).
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