Pentad

pen'tad, n. (Chem.) An atom, the equiva- lence of which or which can be combined with, or exchanged for, 5 hydrogen atoms. [Gr. pent as, -tados, a body of pente = E. five, q. v.] — Pen'tacap's ular, -su-lar, a. (Bot.) Having 5 capsules. [Gr. pente and L. capsula, box.] — Pen'tachord, -kord, n. An instrument of music with 5 strings an order or system of 5 sounds. [Gr. chorde, string, chord, q. v"] — Pen'tag on, n. Geom.) A plane figure having 5 angle: giine, female.] — Pentahe'drdn, n.~ A Pentagon, solid figure havine 5 equal sides. [Gr. hedra, seat, base.] — Pentahe'dral, a. Havingoequal sides.—Pentameter, n. (Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A verse of 5 feet, of which the first two may be either dactyls or spondees, the third always a spondee, and the last two anapests. [Gr. rnetron, measure, meter.] — Pentan'gular, -an'gu-lar, a. Having angles. — Penfaptote, -ap-tot, n. (Gram.) A noun having 5 cases. [Gr.jpto- Pentagynous. tos, fallen, declined, piptein, to fall.]— Pen'ta« stich, -stik, n. A composition consisting of 5 verses. [Gr. stichos, line, verse.] — Pen'tastyle. n. (Arch.) An edifice with 5 columns in front. [Gr. stidos, pillar.] — Pen'tateuch, -ta-tuk, n. The first 5 books of the Old Testament. [Gr. t^ucho*. tool, implement, book text.] — Pent a teuch'' a. Pert, to the Pent a teuch. — Pen'tecost, -te-kost, n. A festival of the Jews, on the 50th day after the Pa over, in commemoration of the gift 'of the law on the 50th day after the departure from Egypt Whit sun tide, a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. (Acts, [Gr. Pentekoste, fern, of pentekostos, fiftieth, fr. pente and fr. -konta, dekonta, tenth, deka = E. ten.] — Pentecosfal, a. Pert, to Pentecost, or Whit sun tide pert, to or resembling the time when the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the Apostles. Pentagraph. Same as Pantograph see under Panacea.