quincunx

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An arrangement of five units with four forming the corners of a square and the fifth at the centre of the square, a pattern corresponding to the five-spot on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
  2. An angle of five-twelfths of a circle, or 150°, between two objects.
  3. A Galton board.
    — In 1873–74 Sir Francis Galton (Charles Darwin’s cousin) designed an apparatus that he later named the quincunx.
  4. A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at five-twelfths of an as. historical

词形变化

quincunxes plural quincunces plural

词汇关系

衍生词
quincuncial quincunxial

词源

Etymology tree
Latin quīncunxbor.
English quincunx
Borrowed from Latin quīncunx.
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