quinary
/kwahy-nuh-ree/US // ˈkwaɪ nə ri //UK // (ˈkwaɪnərɪ) //
五进制,五元,二进制,五元化
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : pertaining to or consisting of five.
- : arranged in fives.
- : of, relating to, or noting a numerical system based on the number 5.
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural qui·na·ries.
- : a number in a quinary system.
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Examples
In the Mollusca circle two classes are still wanting to complete the quinary arrangement of that sub-kingdom.
Subordinate to either one of these the quinary may and often does appear.
In its structure the quinary is the simplest, the most primitive, of the natural systems.
Up to this point the Greenlander's scale is almost purely quinary.
The foregoing examples will show with considerable fulness the wide dispersion of the quinary scale.
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