PENTAD

pentad

Noun

  1. a group or series of five things
  2. 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.


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