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Noun: quincunx  'kwing,kúngks
  1. An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees
     
  2. The position of planets when distant from each other by five signs (150 degrees)

Derived forms: quincunxes

Encyclopedia: Quincunx

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