quincunx.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
A Galton board.
A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at five-twelfths of an as.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin quīncunx.
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