pentad
Pronunciation
  • (RP, GA) IPA: /ˈpɛntæd/
Noun

pentad (plural pentads)

  1. A group or series of five things.
  2. A mean average value of temperature, etc., taken every five days.
  3. (chemistry) Any element, atom, or radical having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad.
    Nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds.
Synonyms


This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.005
Offline English dictionary