different between quincunxial vs quincuncial
quincunxial
English
Etymology
quincunx +? -ial
Adjective
quincunxial (comparative more quincunxial, superlative most quincunxial)
- Alternative spelling of quincuncial
quincunxial From the web:
- what is quincuncial aestivation
quincuncial
English
Etymology
From Latin quincuncialis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kw?n?k?n??l/
Adjective
quincuncial (comparative more quincuncial, superlative most quincuncial)
- Arranged in a quincunx.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society 2007, p. 169:
- Of this Quincunciall Ordination the Ancients practised much, discoursed little [...].
- 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1297:
- In architecture the quincunxial shape was considered a sort of housing for the divine power – a battery, if you like, which gathered into itself the divinity as it tried to pour earthward, to earth itself – just like an electrical current does.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society 2007, p. 169:
- (botany) 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.
- quincuncial aestivation
Derived terms
- quincuncially
- quincuncial phyllotaxy
Translations
quincuncial From the web:
- what is quincuncial aestivation
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