Quincuncial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or forming a quincunx.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Arranged in a quincunx.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • Having the form of a quincunx.
  • Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has one edge exterior and one interior.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Disposed so as to form a quincunx; arranged in a set of five; also, arranged in two sets of oblique rows, at right angles to one another, so that five together form a quincunx; in botany, sometimes noting a pentastichous arrangement of leaves; more often noting an estivation.
    • Word Usage
    "The quincuncial arrangement of the dots is effected by the punching, moistening, and fastening down of odd and even dots, combined with the forward movement of the tissue to be chenilled."
     
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