quinternion

[ kwin-tur-nee-uhn ]

nounBookbinding.
  1. five gathered sheets folded in two for binding together.

Origin of quinternion

1
1645–55; quint- five (<Latin quintusfifth) + -ternion (extracted from quaternion)

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