Meaning of quincunx | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An arrangement of five units with four forming the corners of a square and the fifth at the centre of the square, a pattern corresponding to the five-spot on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
2. An angle of five-twelfths of a circle, or 150°, between two objects.
3. A Galton board.
4. A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at five-twelfths of an as.
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“In 1873–74 Sir Francis Galton (Charles Darwin’s cousin) designed an apparatus that he later named the quincunx.”

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