quincunx
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 26
- Words With Friends
- 31
- Letters
- 8
/ˈkwɪŋkʌŋks/
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/ˈkwɪŋkʌŋks/ · /ˈkwɪnkʌŋks/
Definition of quincunx
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- 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.
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noun
- 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.
- An angle of five-twelfths of a circle, or 150°, between two objects.
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A Galton board.
“In 1873–74 Sir Francis Galton (Charles Darwin’s cousin) designed an apparatus that he later named the quincunx.”
- (historical)A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at five-twelfths of an as.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quīncunx.
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