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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. 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. 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.