"pentad" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛnˌtæd/ [General-American], /ˈpɛntad/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: pentads [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πεντάς (pentás), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + -άς (-ás, “-ad”), equivalent to pent- + -ad. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|πεντάς}} Ancient Greek πεντάς (pentás), {{confix|en|pent|ad}} pent- + -ad Head templates: {{en-noun}} pentad (plural pentads)
  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.
    Synonyms: quinquennium [synonym, synonym-of] Translations (five-year period): viisivuotiskausi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-pentad-en-noun-95pUcbU8 Disambiguation of 'five-year period': 68 32 0 0
  2. Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly
    (climatology) A five-day period, especially a temperature average taken every five days.
    Categories (topical): Climatology
    Sense id: en-pentad-en-noun-XRPrM1AL Topics: climatology, natural-sciences
  3. 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).
    Categories (topical): Collectives, Five Translations (five-day division of the Chinese calendar): hou (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-pentad-en-noun-5S5266pd Disambiguation of Collectives: 20 19 43 19 Disambiguation of Five: 21 24 32 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pent-, English terms suffixed with -ad, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 13 42 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pent-: 20 19 43 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ad: 27 13 47 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 8 60 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 11 44 11 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 10 46 10 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 12 52 12 Disambiguation of 'five-day division of the Chinese calendar': 0 4 95 0
  4. Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly
    (chemistry) A pentavalent element or group: an atom or molecule with a valence of five, comparable with five atoms of hydrogen.
    Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-pentad-en-noun-Hzu-9J9i Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pentadic Translations (group of five things — see also quintet): viisikko (Finnish)
Coordinate_terms: duad, dyad, triad, tetrad, hexad, hebdomad, heptad, ogdoad, octad, ennead, nonad, decad, decade, hendecad, dodecad, duodecade, chiliad Coordinate_terms (group): monad Disambiguation of 'group': 25 25 25 26 Disambiguation of 'group of five things — see also quintet': 24 26 24 26

Inflected forms

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