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	Quincunx

artsy_dot_ca

5-9-2008 8:36 AM

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This is the definition of a quincunx pattern!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c42dd00b-1866-44f9-b482-3f7ca2df18d4/7BAF3242-707F-45D8-B9D3-DD691DDD7CF7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quincunx&oldid=210397914" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quincunx&oldid=210397914" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quincunx&oldid=210397914"><H1 class="firstHeading">Quincunx</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quincunx&oldid=210397914"><P>A <B>quincunx</B> (<A title="IPA" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA">IPA</A> ['kwɪnkʌŋks]) is the arrangement of five units in the pattern corresponding to the five-spot on <A title="Dice" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice">dice</A>, <A title="Playing cards" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_cards">playing cards</A>, or <A title="Domino" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino">dominoes</A>. The quincunx was originally the symbol of the <A title="Roman coin" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_coin">Roman coin</A> <A title="Quincunx (coin)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincunx_%28coin%29">of the same name</A>, whose value was five twelfths (<I>quinque</I> + <I>uncia</I>) of an <A title="As (coin)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_%28coin%29">as</A>. Typically, a quincunx consists of five objects arranged in a square, with one object at each of the square's four corners and the fifth in the square's center. If the four corner objects form a rectangle, the pattern is still considered a quincunx.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quincunx&oldid=210397914"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/45735B5F-4AE6-43A9-BB79-49AE4B7F11FD" alt="Five dots forming a quincunx" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quincunx&oldid=210397914"><P>The significance of the quincunx pattern originates in <A title="Pythagoras" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras">Pythagorean</A> mathematical <A title="Mysticism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysticism">mysticism</A>. This pattern lies at the heart of the Pythagorean <A title="Tetraktys" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraktys">tetraktys</A>, a pyramid of ten dots. To the Pythagoreans the number five held particular significance and the quincunx pattern represented this significance.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7BAF3242-707F-45D8-B9D3-DD691DDD7CF7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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