Word of the Day - quincunx

quincunx

/ˈkwɪnkʌŋks/
noun
1 An arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its center, used for the five on a dice or playing card, and in planting trees.
2 Astrology mass noun An aspect of 150°, equivalent to five zodiacal signs.

Origin
Mid 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘five twelfths’, from quinque ‘five’ + uncia ‘twelfth’.

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Perhaps the best known quincunx is that five-dot side of the die.