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quincunx
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[ˈkwɪnkʌŋks], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its centre, used for the five on a dice or playing card, and in planting trees
- an aspect of 150°, equivalent to five zodiacal signs
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Origin
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early 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘five twelfths’, from quinque ‘five’ + uncia ‘twelfth’
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