A quincunx (/ˈkwɪn.kʌŋks/ KWIN-kunks) is a geometric pattern consisting of five points arranged in a cross, with four of them forming a square or rectangle...

The Quincunx (The Inheritance of John Huffam) is the epic first novel of Charles Palliser. It takes the form of a Dickensian mystery set in early 19th...

The quincunx was a bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic. It was not part of the standard coinage of the Roman monetary system. The quincunx was...

mystically considered, is a discourse by Thomas Browne concerned with the quincunx—a pattern of five points arranged in an X (⁙), as on a die —in art and...

Look up quincunx in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A quincunx originally meant a 5/12 fraction of something, but most modern uses involve patterns of...

The Galton board, also known as the Galton box or quincunx or bean machine (or incorrectly Dalton board), is a device invented by Francis Galton to demonstrate...

obvious. For Quincunx, keywords are karmic, mystery, unpredictable, imbalance, surreal, resourceful, creative, and humor.[citation needed] A Quincunx does not...

Trust Fiction Prize, and the Trillium Award. Alexis is best known for his Quincunx Cycle, a series of five novels set in and around Southern Ontario. His...

The Quincunx Cycle is a series of novels written by Trinidadian-Canadian author André Alexis. While loosely interconnected with various characters and...

{\displaystyle {\begin{pmatrix}1&-1\\1&1\end{pmatrix}}} is sometimes called the quincunx matrix. It is a 2×2 Hadamard matrix, and its rows form the basis of a diagonal...

pole at the center and quarters of the south pole in the corners form a quincunx pattern like the pips on the five face of a traditional die. The projection...

The Quincunx of Time is a short science fiction novel by American writer James Blish. It is an extended version of a short story entitled "Beep", published...

galleries, each raised above the next. At the centre of the temple stands a quincunx of towers. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Angkor Wat is oriented to the...

apart), with a third planet being exactly 150° to the other two points, or quincunx (also called inconjunct). In essence, the three points add up as 150°+150°+60°=360°...

following fractions of the as were also produced: the bes (2⁄3), semis (1⁄2), quincunx (5⁄12), triens (1⁄3), quadrans (1⁄4), sextans (1⁄6), uncia (1⁄12, also...

American-born and British-based novelist. His most well-known novel, The Quincunx, has sold over a million copies internationally. He is the elder brother...

Africa, Australia and Oceania, and the Americas). The number of dots in a quincunx. Mathematics portal 5 (disambiguation) Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence...

Gold Coast Suns by 150 points. 150 is also: The number of degrees in the quincunx astrological aspect explored by Johannes Kepler. The approximate value...

Canada Reads. It is the second novel in a planned cycle of a five-novel quincunx that Alexis will use to examine faith, place, love, power and hatred, the...

subvert the normal linear structure, Durrell explicitly specified it as a quincunx and related it to the Gnostical interpretations. The best-known discussion...

The term disjunct can refer to: disjunct (linguistics) disjunct or quincunx in astrology, an aspect made when two planets are 150 degrees, or five signs...

magic constants. This leads to 100 quincunx sums, including broken quincunxes analogous to broken diagonals. The quincunx sums can be proved by taking linear...

Canadian novel by writer André Alexis. It is the fifth novel in his planned Quincunx Cycle, a thematically linked series that examines faith, place, love, power...

The five dots tattoo is a tattoo of five dots arranged in a quincunx, usually on the outer surface of the hand, between the thumb and the index finger...

common. Five 9×9 grids that overlap at the corner regions in the shape of a quincunx is known in Japan as Gattai 5 (five merged) Sudoku. In The Times, The Age...

known as East Mebon, for example, are arranged in the shape of a quincunx. The quincunx also appears elsewhere in designs of the Angkorian period, as in...

Five dots arranged like (⁙) (as on the face of a die) are known as a quincunx, from the name of the Roman fraction/coin. The Latin words sextans and...

Republic values (after 211 BC) Denarius Sestertius Dupondius As Semis Quincunx Triens Quadrans Uncia Denarius 1 4 5 10 20 24 30 40 120 Sestertius 1⁄4...

Game variations and descriptions of intransitive die and their behaviour Quincunx – Pattern of five points, four in a square or rectangle and a fifth at...

meaning "lilies" in English; singular, lilium) are pit traps arranged in a quincunx pattern dug by the Roman armies in front of their defences. Frequently...