单词 | quintary |
释义 | quintaryn.adj. A. n. Originally; †a multiple of five (obsolete). Later: something of a fifth level or rank; cf. quaternary n. 3. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > multiplication > multiple tenth1543 ternary1557 sexagene1570 septuple1632 sextuple1657 quintary1729 1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery iv. 230 Every Number between the Quintaries of this table. 1736 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum (ed. 5) I. at Bombs You will find it less by 3 than 85, the superior Quintary of the Table. 1965 Amer. Anthropologist 67 22 Quaternary units are units linked to ego through quadruple links and only through quadruple links, and so on for quintaries, sexenaries, etc. B. adj. = quinary adj. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > five > [adjective] fivec1000 quinary1603 quinquenary1690 quint1880 quintary1942 1942 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 29 16s/2 In leucoplasts filled with starch, the quintary unit is subdivided into senary granules. 1963 K. E. Boulding Confl. & Def. 246 (table) Primary suppliers... Quaternary suppliers. Quintary suppliers. 1998 Ecology 79 2784/1 Regression of the number of higher level branches (tertiary, quaternary, and quintary branches) against the percentage of detachment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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