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pentachotomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pen-ta-choto-my
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The division of one into five separate but related parts.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From penta- + -chotomy, after dichotomy, or from Ancient Greek πένταχα (péntakha, “in five divisions”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

pentachotomies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

monochotomy dichotomy tetrachotomy hexachotomy heptachotomy octachotomy decachotomy polychotomy

Questions

What does pentachotomy mean?
The division of one into five separate but related parts.
Where does pentachotomy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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