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Quincunx

//ˈkwɪŋkʌŋks// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    An angle of five-twelfths of a circle, or 150°, between two objects.
  3. 3
    A Galton board.

    "In 1873–74 Sir Francis Galton (Charles Darwin’s cousin) designed an apparatus that he later named the quincunx."

  4. 4
    A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at five-twelfths of an as. historical

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quīncunx.

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