pentad

英 ['pentæd] 美['pɛntæd]
  • n. 五;五个一组;五年间;五价物

英英释义


1. the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

英文词源


pentad (n.)
1650s, from Greek pentas (genitive pentados) "group of five" (see five). Meaning "period of five years" is from 1880; meaning "period of five days" is from 1906, originally in meteorology.