PENTA-: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
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 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pen"ta-\ [Gr. ?, a later combining form of ? five. See
{Five}.]
1. A combining form denoting five; as, pentacapsular;
pentagon.
2. (Chem.) Denoting the degree of five, either as regards
quality, property, or composition; as, pentasulphide;
pentoxide, etc. Also used adjectively.
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