Quint \Quint\, n. [F. quinte, fr. L. quintus, quinta, the fifth,
quinque five. See Five.]
1. A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.
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2. (Mus.) The interval of a fifth.
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3. one of a set of quintuplets. [informal]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
quint
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: five,
5, V, cinque, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet,
pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe]
2: one of five children born at the same time from the same
pregnancy [syn: quintuplet, quin]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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