Synonyms for pentad

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pen-tad

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn tæd

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Définition of pentad

Origin : 1650s, from Greek pentas (genitive pentados) "group of five" (see five). Meaning "period of five years" is from 1880; meaning "period of five days" is from 1906, originally in meteorology.

As in five : noun five of something

Example sentences :

But this oddness belongs to other numbers also (pentad, heptad, &c.).
Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote

In 1820, he added to the last a pentad, so that the whole list amounted to sixty-five.
Extract from : « Man and His Migrations » by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

Five, or the pentad, is everything; it stops the power of poisons, and is dreaded by evil spirits.
Extract from : « Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing » by George Barton Cutten

Nitrogen in the triad condition in the amines is far less poisonous than in the pentad condition.
Extract from : « Poisons: Their Effects and Detection » by Alexander Wynter Blyth

There is something to be said for this view, but on the whole the balance of the evidence is in favor of nitrogen being a pentad.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 » by Various

The structure of Aristotle's Pentad for five act plays is useful as a framework for solving personal problems.
Extract from : « Sequential Problem Solving » by Fredric Lozo

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