Pentad

//ˈpɛnˌtæd// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly; Synonym of quinquennium: a five-year period, especially in reference to the first and second halves of calendrical decades.
  2. 2
    the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one wordnet
  3. 3
    Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly; A five-day period, especially a temperature average taken every five days.
  4. 4
    Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly; A five-day division of the Chinese calendar, forming part of a solar term (Chinese: 候).
  5. 5
    Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly; A pentavalent element or group: an atom or molecule with a valence of five, comparable with five atoms of hydrogen.

    "Nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πεντάς (pentás), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + -άς (-ás, “-ad”). By surface analysis, pent- + -ad.

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