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Definition of Quincuncial

Quincuncial
Quincuncial Quin*cun"cial, [L. quincuncialis, from quincunx. See Quincunx.] 1. Having the form of a quincunx. 2. (Bot.) Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has one edge exterior and one interior; as, quincuncial [ae]stivation. Quincuncial phyllotaxy (Bot.), an arrangement of five leaves in a spiral, each leaf two fifths of a circle from the next.

Meaning of Quincuncial from wikipedia

- one of the quintessential designs of Cosmatesque inlay stonework. A quincuncial map is a conformal map projection that maps the poles of the sphere to...
- The Peirce quincuncial projection is the conformal map projection from the sphere to an unfolded square dihedron, developed by Charles Sanders Peirce...
- cochleate – spirally twisted. contortiplicate – contorted and also plicate. quincuncial – with five parts, where two petals or sepals are outside all others...
- horizontal stripes of cyan, white and cyan, with five cyan stars in a quincuncial pattern at the centre of the middle stripe. The two outer bands represent...
- The Garden of Cyrus, or The Quincuncial Lozenge, or Network Plantations of the Ancients, naturally, artificially, mystically considered, is a discourse...
- projection for the hemisphere. It is an oblique aspect of the Peirce quincuncial projection. The projection was developed by Émile Guyou [fr] of France...
- Guyou hemisphere-in-a-square Lambert conformal conic Mercator Peirce quincuncial Stereographic Transverse Mercator Equal-area Equidistant in some aspect...
- map projections Authagraph projection, inspired by Fuller, 1999 Peirce quincuncial projection, 1879 Polyhedral map projection, earliest known is by Leonardo...
- Guyou hemisphere-in-a-square Lambert conformal conic Mercator Peirce quincuncial Stereographic Transverse Mercator Equal-area Equidistant in some aspect...
- tetrahedron, another tetrahedral projection, 1965 Dymaxion map, 1943 Peirce quincuncial projection, 1879 Polyhedral map projection, earliest known is by Leonardo...