pentad

Meanings

Plural: pentads

Noun

• the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
• 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.
• Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly
• A five-day period, especially a temperature average taken every five days.
• 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).
• Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly
• A pentavalent element or group: an atom or molecule with a valence of five, comparable with five atoms of hydrogen.

Synonyms

5, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, Phoebe, quinquennium, quint, quintet, quintuplet, V