quincunx

Meaning

Noun

• An arrangement of five units with four forming the corners of a square and the fifth at the centre of the square, a pattern corresponding to the five-spot on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
• An angle of five-twelfths of a circle, or 150°, between two objects.
• A Galton board.
• A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at five-twelfths of an as.

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin quīncunx.