different between quinary vs pentimal

English

Etymology

From the Latin qu?n?rius (“containing five each”), from qu?n? (“five each”, “five at a time”) + -?rius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French quinaire, the Italian quinario, and the Portuguese quinário. Doublet of quinarius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kwa?.n?.?i/, /?kwa?.n??.i/
• Rhymes: -a?n??i, -a?n??i

Adjective

quinary (not comparable)

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

Translations

Noun

quinary (plural quinaries)

1. (astrology) Any of 72 rays associated with the Sun, six for each of the 12 houses of the Zodiac.

English

Etymology

From pent-, by analogy with decimal.

Adjective

pentimal (not comparable)

1. (rare, of a positional numeral system) Using a base of 5; quinary.

Noun

pentimal (countable and uncountable, plural pentimals)

1. (rare, uncountable) The abstract numeral system underlying any pentimal numeral system; quinary.
2. (rare, countable) A numeral as written in such a system; a quinary.

Anagrams

• Pimental