Meaning of quintade | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of pentad: A 5-year period, particularly in reference to the first and second halves of calendrical decades.
2. An organ stop corresponding to pewter pipes of 16, 8, 4, and 2 feet.

Examples

“Thus it appears, that the greatest number⟳ of cases of uterine cancer occurs between the ages of 30 and 40, and 40 and 45; that nearly equal numbers take⟳ place⟳ in the first decade, and the latter quintade; that, nevertheless, if the quintades of the latter decade be conjoined, very nearly double⟳ the number⟳ (201) take⟳ place⟳ in the decade between 40 and 50, of that which takes place⟳ in the decade between 30 and 40; that next to the decade between 20 and 40, that between 20 and 30 is most liable; yet that this does not approach⟳ the quintade between 45 and 50; that below the age of 20 the frequency of uterine cancer varies from on-eighth to one-ninth of that of other periods; that after 50 it is about one-fifteenth; and that after 60 it is so low as a twenty-fifth or twenty-sixth.”

“The number⟳ of deaths by each of these is set⟳ down in parallel columns for different ages from one year up to five, and in quintades, from five to a hundred.”

“It promises to be valuable for petrol blends early in the 2009-2013 quintade, particularly if whey bioethanol production falls short of demand⟳.”

“For 5-year-intervals (referred to in the following as “quintades” in analogy to decades) there is a marked drop of absolute and relative publications frequencies since the 1990s with a maximum of 4.2 % in the quintade 1985–1989 and the minimum of 1.6 % in 2010–2014 (see⟳ Fig. 1).”

“Substituting a Dolce for the Quintade for church use⟳ would make⟳ this little organ far more useful than some much larger baroque organs that I have⟳ played.”

“The Flute and Principal jump⟳ an octave at high pressures, while the Quintade can be heard at the 8’ fundamental using low pressure on the cone-pallet box and can then overblow to the tierce at 90 mm WC.”

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