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2007-05-27 07:44:54 · 6 answers · asked by Adam D 1 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

... in the gamut of arrangements of 5 objects, there's a specific word for this type of arrangement - one that looks like the #5 on a die.

2007-05-27 08:37:58 · update #1

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Oh, so close, bruhaha!

The word is QUINCUNX

Compact Oxford English Dictionary says: quincunx • noun (pl. quincunxes) an arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its centre.

2007-05-27 10:19:39 · answer #1 · answered by K ; 4 · 0 1

V, five, 5, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, or pentagon, pentagram and a five sided die is called a pentagonal trapezohedron.

2007-05-27 08:21:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

The term is:

QUINCUNXIPA

See here for its origin, and details:
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-qui2.htm

2007-05-27 08:57:07 · answer #3 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0 1

an array

2007-05-27 08:22:36 · answer #4 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0 0

pentagram

2007-05-27 07:49:24 · answer #5 · answered by ibbibud 5 · 0 1

X? im not sure

2007-05-27 07:49:03 · answer #6 · answered by andrewdladd 2 · 0 1

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