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Definition of "quinary" []

  • Of fifth rank or order. (adjective)
  • Consisting of five things; arranged in fives (adjective)
  • To the base of five; represented by the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4. (adjective)

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Use "quinary" in a sentence
  • "In its structure the quinary is the simplest, the most primitive, of the natural systems."
  • "Examples of this are furnished in a more or less perfect manner by nearly all so-called quinary-vigesimal and quinary-decimal scales."
  • "“Khumásiyah” which Lane (ii. 438) renders “of quinary stature.”"