pentad
pentad is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds.
- adjective. Having the valence of a pentad.
- noun. the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
Synonyms
cinque, fin, five, fivesome, phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet
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