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What is a quincunx?

What is a quincunx? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An arrangement of five units in a pattern corresponding to the five-spot on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
  2. (astrology) An angle of five-twelfths of a circle, or 150°, between two objects. [from 1647]
  3. (historical, numismatics) A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at five-twelfths of an as. [from 1545]
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Most Mesomerican peoples understood the cosmos itself to be four-sided or quincunx in configuration, being defined by the four cardinal directions and a fifth, the center.
Toward the tower Criere stood the orchard full of all fruit-trees, set and ranged in a quincunx.
The planting of a quincunx or the presentation of a pump to the parish might have proved his solitary title to fame.
There are numerous deep pits dug within it in the quincunx form, and capable of concealing a large army.
Also known as the quincunx and denoted by the symbol, it is said to represent a harsh or tense relationship based upon incompatibility.
At Amarendrapura, about 800, he built a brick pyramid an artificial mountain to support a quincunx of temples.

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