Quintade

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Synonym of pentad: A 5-year period, particularly in reference to the first and second halves of calendrical decades.

   “The number of deaths by each of these is set down in parallel columns for different ages from one year up to five, and in quintades, from five to a hundred.”

2. isim An organ stop corresponding to pewter pipes of 16, 8, 4, and 2 feet.

   “Substituting a Dolce for the Quintade for church use would make this little organ far more useful than some much larger baroque organs that I have played.”