Definitions for pentad

pentad pen·tad

Spelling: [pen-tad]
IPA: /ˈpɛn tæd/

Pentad is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 136 anagrams from letters in pentad (adenpt).

Definitions for pentad

noun

  1. a period of five years.
  2. a group of five.
  3. the number five.
  4. Chemistry. a pentavalent element or group.
  5. Climatology. a period of five consecutive days.

Origin of pentad

1645-55; Greek pentad- (stem of pentás) group of five. See pent(a)-, -ad1

Examples for pentad

Nitrogen in the triad condition in the amines is far less poisonous than in the pentad condition.

There is something to be said for this view, but on the whole the balance of the evidence is in favor of nitrogen being a pentad.

In 1820, he added to the last a pentad, so that the whole list amounted to sixty-five.

Five, or the pentad, is everything; it stops the power of poisons, and is dreaded by evil spirits.

But this oddness belongs to other numbers also (pentad, heptad, &c.).

The structure of Aristotle's pentad for five act plays is useful as a framework for solving personal problems.

Word Value for pentad
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

Similar words for pentad
Word of the day